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Recognised as Colour

#8D56F8

  • #8D56F8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8D56F8 is a violet with RGB values 141, 86, 248 and HSL 260°, 92%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8D56F8#8D56F8
HEX#8D56F8
RGBrgb(141, 86, 248)
RGB (0–1)0.5529, 0.3373, 0.9725
RGB percentages55.3%, 33.7%, 97.3%
HSLhsl(260.4, 92%, 65.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.4, 65.3%, 97.3%)
CMYK43.1%, 65.3%, 0%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,262,840
CSS custom property--colour: #8D56F8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19096WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness131.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.82:1
Contrast with white4.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.82:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6D6D6D
Inverted#72A907

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#007BFDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0076F5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.1 from the original
Tritanopia#6F7DA0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 75.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.36:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 15.4Dark orchid · ΔE 17Medium slateblue · ΔE 17.9Dark violet · ΔE 22.4Medium orchid · ΔE 25.9Slate blue · ΔE 26.7
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 15.41, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C1F856
Analogous#5670F8, #DE56F8
Triadic#F88D56, #56F88D
Split complementary#F8DE56, #70F856
Tetradic#F85670, #C1F856, #56F8DE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F0E9FE
Lighter +20%#CFB8FC
Lighter +10%#AE87FA
Darker −10%#6C25F6
Darker −20%#5209DF
Darker −30%#4007AE
Darker −40%#2E057D
More saturated +25%#8B4FFF
Less saturated −25%#946CE2

Channel breakdown

R141
G86
B248
Red141 (55.3%)
Green86 (33.7%)
Blue248 (97.3%)
Hue260.37°
Saturation (HSL)92.05%
Lightness65.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8D · G 56 · B F8

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