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Colour

#8D15FC

  • #8D15FC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8D15FC is a violet with RGB values 141, 21, 252 and HSL 271°, 97%, 54%. 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

#8D15FC#8D15FC
HEX#8D15FC
RGBrgb(141, 21, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.5529, 0.0824, 0.9882
RGB percentages55.3%, 8.2%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(271.2, 97.5%, 53.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(271.2, 91.7%, 98.8%)
CMYK44%, 91.7%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,246,204
CSS custom property--colour: #8D15FC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13227WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness115.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.76:1
Contrast with white5.76:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3F3F3F
Inverted#72EA03

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0066FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#0063F8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.4 from the original
Tritanopia#6F6595no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 91.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.76:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.65:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 17.4Dark violet · ΔE 18.6Blue · ΔE 22.8Medium blue · ΔE 23.2Dark orchid · ΔE 32.1Fuchsia · ΔE 36.4
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 17.38, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#84FC15
Analogous#1A15FC, #FC15F7
Triadic#FC8D15, #15FC8D
Split complementary#F8FC15, #15FC19
Tetradic#FC1915, #84FC15, #15F8FC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFDEFF
Lighter +30%#D7ACFE
Lighter +20%#BE7AFD
Lighter +10%#A647FD
Darker −10%#7303DB
Darker −20%#5902A9
Darker −30%#3E0276
Darker −40%#240144
More saturated +25%#8D12FF
Less saturated −25%#8C33DE

Channel breakdown

R141
G21
B252
Red141 (55.3%)
Green21 (8.2%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue271.17°
Saturation (HSL)97.47%
Lightness53.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8D · G 15 · B FC

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