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Recognised as Colour

#8D00FB

  • #8D00FB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8D00FB is a violet with RGB values 141, 0, 251 and HSL 274°, 100%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8D00FB#8D00FB
HEX#8D00FB
RGBrgb(141, 0, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.5529, 0, 0.9843
RGB percentages55.3%, 0%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(273.7, 100%, 49.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.7, 100%, 98.4%)
CMYK43.8%, 100%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,240,827
CSS custom property--colour: #8D00FB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12628WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness114.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.96:1
Contrast with white5.96:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#303030
Inverted#72FF04

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0064FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#0061F7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.9 from the original
Tritanopia#706294no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 92.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.96:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.53:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 19.6Dark violet · ΔE 20Blue · ΔE 21.8Medium blue · ΔE 23.8Dark orchid · ΔE 34.1Fuchsia · ΔE 36.5
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 19.56, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6EFB00
Analogous#1000FB, #FB00EB
Triadic#FB8D00, #00FB8D
Split complementary#ECFB00, #00FB0F
Tetradic#FB1000, #6EFB00, #00EBFB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E7C8FF
Lighter +30%#D195FF
Lighter +20%#BA62FF
Lighter +10%#A42FFF
Darker −10%#7000C8
Darker −20%#540095
Darker −30%#370062
Darker −40%#1A002F
More saturated +25%#8D00FB
Less saturated −25%#891FDC

Channel breakdown

R141
G0
B251
Red141 (55.3%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue273.71°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness49.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8D · G 00 · B FB

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