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Colour

#8E00BE

  • #8E00BE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#8E00BE is a violet with RGB values 142, 0, 190 and HSL 285°, 100%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#8E00BE#8E00BE
HEX#8E00BE
RGBrgb(142, 0, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0, 0.7451
RGB percentages55.7%, 0%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(284.8, 100%, 37.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(284.8, 100%, 74.5%)
CMYK25.3%, 100%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,306,302
CSS custom property--colour: #8E00BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09468WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness100.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.26:1
Contrast with white7.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2C2C2C
Inverted#71FF41

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0051C2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#0059BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55 from the original
Tritanopia#88426Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 61.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.26:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.89:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 9.5Dark orchid · ΔE 9.6Blue violet · ΔE 13.4Dark magenta · ΔE 25.9Medium orchid · ΔE 25.9Indigo · ΔE 27.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 9.45, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#30BE00
Analogous#2F00BE, #BE008F
Triadic#BE8E00, #00BE8E
Split complementary#8FBE00, #00BE2F
Tetradic#BE2F00, #30BE00, #008FBE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E28BFF
Lighter +30%#D558FF
Lighter +20%#C825FF
Lighter +10%#B400F1
Darker −10%#68008B
Darker −20%#420058
Darker −30%#1C0025
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8E00BE
Less saturated −25%#8218A6

Channel breakdown

R142
G0
B190
Red142 (55.7%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue284.84°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness37.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8E · G 00 · B BE

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