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Recognised as Colour

#8E04FF

  • #8E04FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8E04FF is a violet with RGB values 142, 4, 255 and HSL 273°, 100%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8E04FF#8E04FF
HEX#8E04FF
RGBrgb(142, 4, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.0157, 1
RGB percentages55.7%, 1.6%, 100%
HSLhsl(273, 100%, 50.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273, 98.4%, 100%)
CMYK44.3%, 98.4%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,307,391
CSS custom property--colour: #8E04FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13058WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness116 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.81:1
Contrast with white5.81:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#333333
Inverted#71FB00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0065FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#0063FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.2 from the original
Tritanopia#706496no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 93.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.81:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.61:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 20.8Blue · ΔE 21.2Dark violet · ΔE 21.3Medium blue · ΔE 24.5Dark orchid · ΔE 35.3Fuchsia · ΔE 36.9
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 20.75, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#75FF04
Analogous#1104FF, #FF04F2
Triadic#FF8E04, #04FF8E
Split complementary#F2FF04, #04FF11
Tetradic#FF1104, #75FF04, #04F2FF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EAD0FF
Lighter +30%#D39DFF
Lighter +20%#BC6AFF
Lighter +10%#A537FF
Darker −10%#7200D0
Darker −20%#56009D
Darker −30%#3A006A
Darker −40%#1E0037
More saturated +25%#8E04FF
Less saturated −25%#8B23E0

Channel breakdown

R142
G4
B255
Red142 (55.7%)
Green4 (1.6%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue272.99°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness50.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8E · G 04 · B FF

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