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Recognised as Colour

#8C7EFD

  • #8C7EFD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium slateblue

#8C7EFD is a blue with RGB values 140, 126, 253 and HSL 247°, 97%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#8C7EFD#8C7EFD
HEX#8C7EFD
RGBrgb(140, 126, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.4941, 0.9922
RGB percentages54.9%, 49.4%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(246.6, 96.9%, 74.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(246.6, 50.2%, 99.2%)
CMYK44.7%, 50.2%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,207,549
CSS custom property--colour: #8C7EFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27589WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness149.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.52:1
Contrast with white3.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.52:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A
Inverted#738102

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4493FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#408CFAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.8 from the original
Tritanopia#6899B2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 63.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.22:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 9.5Medium purple · ΔE 12.6Slate blue · ΔE 14.7Royal blue · ΔE 15.8Dodgerblue · ΔE 26.4Medium orchid · ΔE 27.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 9.49, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFFD7E
Analogous#7EB0FD, #CB7EFD
Triadic#FD8C7E, #7EFD8C
Split complementary#FDCB7E, #B0FD7E
Tetradic#FD7EB0, #EFFD7E, #7EFDCB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E6E2FF
Lighter +10%#B9B0FE
Darker −10%#5F4CFC
Darker −20%#321AFB
Darker −30%#1C03DF
Darker −40%#1503AC
More saturated +25%#8A7CFF
Less saturated −25%#998EED

Channel breakdown

R140
G126
B253
Red140 (54.9%)
Green126 (49.4%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue246.61°
Saturation (HSL)96.95%
Lightness74.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8C · G 7E · B FD

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