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Recognised as Colour

#8E00DC

  • #8E00DC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#8E00DC is a violet with RGB values 142, 0, 220 and HSL 279°, 100%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#8E00DC#8E00DC
HEX#8E00DC
RGBrgb(142, 0, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0, 0.8627
RGB percentages55.7%, 0%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(278.7, 100%, 43.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(278.7, 100%, 86.3%)
CMYK35.5%, 100%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,306,332
CSS custom property--colour: #8E00DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10918WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness107.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.6:1
Contrast with white6.6:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E
Inverted#71FF23

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005AE1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#005DD8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52 from the original
Tritanopia#7F5281no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.6:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.18:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 5.5Blue violet · ΔE 8.1Dark orchid · ΔE 20.3Medium blue · ΔE 23.6Blue · ΔE 32.9Fuchsia · ΔE 33.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 5.55, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4EDC00
Analogous#2000DC, #DC00BC
Triadic#DC8E00, #00DC8E
Split complementary#BCDC00, #00DC20
Tetradic#DC2000, #4EDC00, #00BCDC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E1A9FF
Lighter +30%#CE76FF
Lighter +20%#BC43FF
Lighter +10%#AA10FF
Darker −10%#6D00A9
Darker −20%#4C0076
Darker −30%#2B0043
Darker −40%#0A0010
More saturated +25%#8E00DC
Less saturated −25%#861CC1

Channel breakdown

R142
G0
B220
Red142 (55.7%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue278.73°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness43.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8E · G 00 · B DC

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