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Recognised as Colour

#8D35FF

  • #8D35FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8D35FF is a violet with RGB values 141, 53, 255 and HSL 266°, 100%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8D35FF#8D35FF
HEX#8D35FF
RGBrgb(141, 53, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5529, 0.2078, 1
RGB percentages55.3%, 20.8%, 100%
HSLhsl(266.1, 100%, 60.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(266.1, 79.2%, 100%)
CMYK44.7%, 79.2%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,254,399
CSS custom property--colour: #8D35FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15429WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness122.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.14:1
Contrast with white5.14:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#565656
Inverted#72CA00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006FFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#006BFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.4 from the original
Tritanopia#6D6F9Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 87.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.14:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.09:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 11.1Dark violet · ΔE 15.9Medium blue · ΔE 23.2Dark orchid · ΔE 25.9Blue · ΔE 27.8Fuchsia · ΔE 37.1
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 11.11, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A7FF35
Analogous#3542FF, #F235FF
Triadic#FF8D35, #35FF8D
Split complementary#FFF235, #42FF35
Tetradic#FF3542, #A7FF35, #35FFF2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E3CEFF
Lighter +20%#C79BFF
Lighter +10%#AA68FF
Darker −10%#7002FF
Darker −20%#5A00CE
Darker −30%#44009B
Darker −40%#2D0068
More saturated +25%#8D35FF
Less saturated −25%#904EE6

Channel breakdown

R141
G53
B255
Red141 (55.3%)
Green53 (20.8%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue266.14°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness60.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8D · G 35 · B FF

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