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Recognised as Colour

#8E00C0

  • #8E00C0
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#8E00C0 is a violet with RGB values 142, 0, 192 and HSL 284°, 100%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#8E00C0#8E00C0
HEX#8E00C0
RGBrgb(142, 0, 192)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0, 0.7529
RGB percentages55.7%, 0%, 75.3%
HSLhsl(284.4, 100%, 37.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(284.4, 100%, 75.3%)
CMYK26%, 100%, 0%, 24.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,306,304
CSS custom property--colour: #8E00C0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09557WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness101.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.21:1
Contrast with white7.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2C2C2C
Inverted#71FF3F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0051C4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#0059BDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54.6 from the original
Tritanopia#884370no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 62.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.21:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.91:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 8.5Dark orchid · ΔE 10Blue violet · ΔE 12.6Medium orchid · ΔE 26.5Dark magenta · ΔE 26.9Indigo · ΔE 28.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 8.48, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#32C000
Analogous#2E00C0, #C00092
Triadic#C08E00, #00C08E
Split complementary#92C000, #00C02E
Tetradic#C02E00, #32C000, #0092C0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E18DFF
Lighter +30%#D45AFF
Lighter +20%#C727FF
Lighter +10%#B400F3
Darker −10%#68008D
Darker −20%#43005A
Darker −30%#1D0027
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8E00C0
Less saturated −25%#8218A8

Channel breakdown

R142
G0
B192
Red142 (55.7%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue192 (75.3%)
Hue284.38°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness37.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8E · G 00 · B C0

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