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Recognised as Colour

#8D56FE

  • #8D56FE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8D56FE is a violet with RGB values 141, 86, 254 and HSL 260°, 99%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8D56FE#8D56FE
HEX#8D56FE
RGBrgb(141, 86, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.5529, 0.3373, 0.9961
RGB percentages55.3%, 33.7%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(259.6, 98.8%, 66.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259.6, 66.1%, 99.6%)
CMYK44.5%, 66.1%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,262,846
CSS custom property--colour: #8D56FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19474WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness132.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.89:1
Contrast with white4.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.89:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6E6E6E
Inverted#72A901

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#007CFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#0077FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36 from the original
Tritanopia#6C7FA3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.29:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 14.4Dark orchid · ΔE 18.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 20.5Dark violet · ΔE 21.8Medium orchid · ΔE 28.4Slate blue · ΔE 29.5
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 14.36, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C7FE56
Analogous#5673FE, #E156FE
Triadic#FE8D56, #56FE8D
Split complementary#FEE156, #73FE56
Tetradic#FE5673, #C7FE56, #56FEE1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F4EEFF
Lighter +20%#D1BBFF
Lighter +10%#AF89FE
Darker −10%#6B23FE
Darker −20%#4E01ED
Darker −30%#3E01BA
Darker −40%#2D0187
More saturated +25%#8D55FF
Less saturated −25%#946BE9

Channel breakdown

R141
G86
B254
Red141 (55.3%)
Green86 (33.7%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue259.64°
Saturation (HSL)98.82%
Lightness66.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8D · G 56 · B FE

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