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Recognised as Colour

#8D08FF

  • #8D08FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8D08FF is a violet with RGB values 141, 8, 255 and HSL 272°, 100%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8D08FF#8D08FF
HEX#8D08FF
RGBrgb(141, 8, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5529, 0.0314, 1
RGB percentages55.3%, 3.1%, 100%
HSLhsl(272.3, 100%, 51.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(272.3, 96.9%, 100%)
CMYK44.7%, 96.9%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,242,879
CSS custom property--colour: #8D08FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13056WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness115.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.82:1
Contrast with white5.82:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#363636
Inverted#72F700

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0066FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0063FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.7 from the original
Tritanopia#6E6596no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 94.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.82:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.61:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 20.4Blue · ΔE 21.1Dark violet · ΔE 21.2Medium blue · ΔE 24.2Dark orchid · ΔE 35.1Fuchsia · ΔE 37.1
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 20.43, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7AFF08
Analogous#1208FF, #FF08F5
Triadic#FF8D08, #08FF8D
Split complementary#F5FF08, #08FF12
Tetradic#FF1208, #7AFF08, #08F5FF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EBD4FF
Lighter +30%#D4A1FF
Lighter +20%#BC6EFF
Lighter +10%#A53BFF
Darker −10%#7200D4
Darker −20%#5700A1
Darker −30%#3B006E
Darker −40%#20003B
More saturated +25%#8D08FF
Less saturated −25%#8B27E0

Channel breakdown

R141
G8
B255
Red141 (55.3%)
Green8 (3.1%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue272.31°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness51.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8D · G 08 · B FF

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