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Recognised as Colour

#8D43EA

  • #8D43EA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8D43EA is a violet with RGB values 141, 67, 234 and HSL 267°, 80%, 59%. 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

#8D43EA#8D43EA
HEX#8D43EA
RGBrgb(141, 67, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.5529, 0.2627, 0.9176
RGB percentages55.3%, 26.3%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(266.6, 79.9%, 59%)
HSV / HSBhsv(266.6, 71.4%, 91.8%)
CMYK39.7%, 71.4%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,257,962
CSS custom property--colour: #8D43EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15618WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness121.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.09:1
Contrast with white5.09:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5F5F5F
Inverted#72BC15

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006EEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#006CE7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.8 from the original
Tritanopia#776D93no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.09:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.12:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 8.6Dark orchid · ΔE 12.8Dark violet · ΔE 15.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 23.5Medium orchid · ΔE 26.2Medium blue · ΔE 29.2
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 8.61, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A0EA43
Analogous#434DEA, #E043EA
Triadic#EA8D43, #43EA8D
Split complementary#EAE043, #4DEA43
Tetradic#EA434D, #A0EA43, #43EAE0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FCFBFE
Lighter +30%#E0CDF9
Lighter +20%#C59FF4
Lighter +10%#A971EF
Darker −10%#7219E1
Darker −20%#5A14B3
Darker −30%#430F85
Darker −40%#2C0A57
More saturated +25%#8B2EFF
Less saturated −25%#905DD0

Channel breakdown

R141
G67
B234
Red141 (55.3%)
Green67 (26.3%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue266.59°
Saturation (HSL)79.9%
Lightness59.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8D · G 43 · B EA

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