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Recognised as Colour

#8D4AFF

  • #8D4AFF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8D4AFF is a violet with RGB values 141, 74, 255 and HSL 262°, 100%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8D4AFF#8D4AFF
HEX#8D4AFF
RGBrgb(141, 74, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5529, 0.2902, 1
RGB percentages55.3%, 29%, 100%
HSLhsl(262.2, 100%, 64.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.2, 71%, 100%)
CMYK44.7%, 71%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,259,775
CSS custom property--colour: #8D4AFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1778WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness128.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.61:1
Contrast with white4.61:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.56:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#656565
Inverted#72B500

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0077FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#0072FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39 from the original
Tritanopia#6C79A0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 82.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.61:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 9.9Dark violet · ΔE 17.6Dark orchid · ΔE 20.3Medium blue · ΔE 27.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 27.8Medium orchid · ΔE 33
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.91, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BCFF4A
Analogous#4A61FF, #E84AFF
Triadic#FF8D4A, #4AFF8D
Split complementary#FFE84A, #62FF4A
Tetradic#FF4A61, #BCFF4A, #4AFFE8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EDE3FF
Lighter +20%#CDB0FF
Lighter +10%#AD7DFF
Darker −10%#6D17FF
Darker −20%#5400E3
Darker −30%#4100B0
Darker −40%#2E007D
More saturated +25%#8D4AFF
Less saturated −25%#9361E8

Channel breakdown

R141
G74
B255
Red141 (55.3%)
Green74 (29%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue262.21°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness64.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8D · G 4A · B FF

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