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Recognised as Colour

#8D4DC4

  • #8D4DC4
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#8D4DC4 is a violet with RGB values 141, 77, 196 and HSL 272°, 50%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#8D4DC4#8D4DC4
HEX#8D4DC4
RGBrgb(141, 77, 196)
RGB (0–1)0.5529, 0.302, 0.7686
RGB percentages55.3%, 30.2%, 76.9%
HSLhsl(272.3, 50.2%, 53.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(272.3, 60.7%, 76.9%)
CMYK28.1%, 60.7%, 0%, 23.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,260,484
CSS custom property--colour: #8D4DC4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14956WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness117.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.26:1
Contrast with white5.26:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#636363
Inverted#72B23B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#116AC8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#356CC1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.9 from the original
Tritanopia#846581no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.26:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.99:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 13.8Slate blue · ΔE 14.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 14.8Medium purple · ΔE 15.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 16.8Dark orchid · ΔE 18.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 13.8, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#84C44D
Analogous#514DC4, #C44DC0
Triadic#C48D4D, #4DC48D
Split complementary#C0C44D, #4DC451
Tetradic#C4514D, #84C44D, #4DC0C4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFE6F7
Lighter +30%#D7C0EA
Lighter +20%#BE9ADD
Lighter +10%#A673D1
Darker −10%#7337A7
Darker −20%#592B80
Darker −30%#3E1E5A
Darker −40%#241134
More saturated +25%#8F2FE2
Less saturated −25%#8B6BA6

Channel breakdown

R141
G77
B196
Red141 (55.3%)
Green77 (30.2%)
Blue196 (76.9%)
Hue272.27°
Saturation (HSL)50.21%
Lightness53.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8D · G 4D · B C4

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