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Recognised as Colour

#8D74AC

  • #8D74AC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#8D74AC is a violet with RGB values 141, 116, 172 and HSL 267°, 25%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#8D74AC#8D74AC
HEX#8D74AC
RGBrgb(141, 116, 172)
RGB (0–1)0.5529, 0.4549, 0.6745
RGB percentages55.3%, 45.5%, 67.5%
HSLhsl(266.8, 25.2%, 56.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(266.8, 32.6%, 67.5%)
CMYK18%, 32.6%, 0%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,270,444
CSS custom property--colour: #8D74AC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21132WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness131.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.23:1
Contrast with white4.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.23:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7D7D7D
Inverted#728B53

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#697EAEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#6D7FAAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17 from the original
Tritanopia#887C88no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.02:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 23.6Steel blue · ΔE 25.9Cornflower blue · ΔE 27.4Dark slateblue · ΔE 27.8Light slate grey · ΔE 28Slate grey · ΔE 28.1
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 23.64, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#93AC74
Analogous#7477AC, #A974AC
Triadic#AC8D74, #74AC8D
Split complementary#ACA974, #77AC74
Tetradic#AC7477, #93AC74, #74ACA9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F6F4F8
Lighter +30%#DCD4E5
Lighter +20%#C1B4D2
Lighter +10%#A794BF
Darker −10%#735994
Darker −20%#5A4674
Darker −30%#423255
Darker −40%#291F35
More saturated +25%#8A58C8
Less saturated −25%#909090

Channel breakdown

R141
G116
B172
Red141 (55.3%)
Green116 (45.5%)
Blue172 (67.5%)
Hue266.79°
Saturation (HSL)25.23%
Lightness56.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8D · G 74 · B AC

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