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Recognised as Colour

#8E06D5

  • #8E06D5
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#8E06D5 is a violet with RGB values 142, 6, 213 and HSL 279°, 95%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#8E06D5#8E06D5
HEX#8E06D5
RGBrgb(142, 6, 213)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.0235, 0.8353
RGB percentages55.7%, 2.4%, 83.5%
HSLhsl(279.4, 94.5%, 42.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(279.4, 97.2%, 83.5%)
CMYK33.3%, 97.2%, 0%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,307,861
CSS custom property--colour: #8E06D5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10685WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness105.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.69:1
Contrast with white6.69:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#323232
Inverted#71F92A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0058DAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#005DD2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.2 from the original
Tritanopia#814F7Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.69:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.14:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 2.4Blue violet · ΔE 6.7Dark orchid · ΔE 16.6Medium blue · ΔE 25.1Medium orchid · ΔE 33.2Fuchsia · ΔE 33.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 2.35, a close match
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4DD506
Analogous#2706D5, #D506B4
Triadic#D58E06, #06D58E
Split complementary#B4D506, #06D527
Tetradic#D52706, #4DD506, #06B4D5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E0AAFD
Lighter +30%#CE79FB
Lighter +20%#BD47FA
Lighter +10%#AB16F8
Darker −10%#6D05A3
Darker −20%#4C0372
Darker −30%#2B0240
Darker −40%#0A000F
More saturated +25%#9000DB
Less saturated −25%#8521BA

Channel breakdown

R142
G6
B213
Red142 (55.7%)
Green6 (2.4%)
Blue213 (83.5%)
Hue279.42°
Saturation (HSL)94.52%
Lightness42.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8E · G 06 · B D5

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