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Recognised as Colour

#8D68FB

  • #8D68FB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium slateblue

#8D68FB is a violet with RGB values 141, 104, 251 and HSL 255°, 95%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#8D68FB#8D68FB
HEX#8D68FB
RGBrgb(141, 104, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.5529, 0.4078, 0.9843
RGB percentages55.3%, 40.8%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(255.1, 94.8%, 69.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(255.1, 58.6%, 98.4%)
CMYK43.8%, 58.6%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,267,451
CSS custom property--colour: #8D68FB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22528WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness139.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.51:1
Contrast with white3.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.51:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7A7A7A
Inverted#729704

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0085FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#007FF8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.7 from the original
Tritanopia#6C89A8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 70.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.81:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 8.4Slate blue · ΔE 18.9Medium purple · ΔE 21.9Dark orchid · ΔE 21.9Royal blue · ΔE 23.4Medium orchid · ΔE 23.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 8.38, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D6FB68
Analogous#688DFB, #D668FB
Triadic#FB8D68, #68FB8D
Split complementary#FBD768, #8CFB68
Tetradic#FB688D, #D6FB68, #68FBD6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFDFF
Lighter +20%#D8CBFE
Lighter +10%#B39AFC
Darker −10%#6736FA
Darker −20%#4307F6
Darker −30%#3505C5
Darker −40%#280493
More saturated +25%#8B64FF
Less saturated −25%#977BE8

Channel breakdown

R141
G104
B251
Red141 (55.3%)
Green104 (40.8%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue255.1°
Saturation (HSL)94.84%
Lightness69.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8D · G 68 · B FB

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