Recognised as Colour

#8C80ED

#8C80ED
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#8C80ED is a blue with RGB values 140, 128, 237 and HSL 247°, 75%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#8C80ED#8C80ED

HEX#8C80ED

RGBrgb(140, 128, 237)

RGB (0–1)0.549, 0.502, 0.9294

RGB percentages54.9%, 50.2%, 92.9%

HSLhsl(246.6, 75.2%, 71.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(246.6, 46%, 92.9%)

CMYK40.9%, 46%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,208,045

CSS custom property--colour: #8C80ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27128WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness147.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.43:1

Contrast with white3.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.43:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A

Inverted#737F12

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5691F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#548BEAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.3 from the original

Tritanopia#7096ABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.27:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 8.2 Slate blue · ΔE 15.4 Royal blue · ΔE 16.8 Medium slateblue · ΔE 17.2 Cornflower blue · ΔE 21.9 Dodgerblue · ΔE 22.9

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 8.23, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#E1ED80

Analogous#80AAED, #C380ED

Triadic#ED8C80, #80ED8C

Split complementary#EDC380, #AAED80

Tetradic#ED80AA, #E1ED80, #80EDC3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#DDD9FA

Lighter +10%#B4ADF3

Darker −10%#6453E7

Darker −20%#3B27E0

Darker −30%#2C1ABA

Darker −40%#21148D

More saturated +25%#7E6EFF

Less saturated −25%#9A92DB

Channel breakdown

R140

G128

B237

Red140 (54.9%)

Green128 (50.2%)

Blue237 (92.9%)

Hue246.61°

Saturation (HSL)75.17%

Lightness71.57%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 8C · G 80 · B ED

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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