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Recognised as Colour

#8D7BEB

  • #8D7BEB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#8D7BEB is a blue with RGB values 141, 123, 235 and HSL 250°, 74%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#8D7BEB#8D7BEB
HEX#8D7BEB
RGBrgb(141, 123, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.5529, 0.4824, 0.9216
RGB percentages55.3%, 48.2%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(249.6, 73.7%, 70.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(249.6, 47.7%, 92.2%)
CMYK40%, 47.7%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,272,299
CSS custom property--colour: #8D7BEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25827WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness145.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.17:1
Contrast with white3.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.17:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#878787
Inverted#728414

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4F8EEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#4F88E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.6 from the original
Tritanopia#7392A8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.41:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 6.4Slate blue · ΔE 13.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 14.6Royal blue · ΔE 16.3Cornflower blue · ΔE 24.8Dodgerblue · ΔE 25
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 6.35, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D9EB7B
Analogous#7BA1EB, #C57BEB
Triadic#EB8D7B, #7BEB8D
Split complementary#EBC57B, #A1EB7B
Tetradic#EB7BA1, #D9EB7B, #7BEBC5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D9D4F8
Lighter +10%#B3A7F2
Darker −10%#674FE4
Darker −20%#4022DE
Darker −30%#331BB2
Darker −40%#261486
More saturated +25%#8068FE
Less saturated −25%#9A8ED8

Channel breakdown

R141
G123
B235
Red141 (55.3%)
Green123 (48.2%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue249.64°
Saturation (HSL)73.68%
Lightness70.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8D · G 7B · B EB

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