Recognised as Colour

#8E06FA

#8E06FA
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#8E06FA is a violet with RGB values 142, 6, 250 and HSL 273°, 96%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8E06FA#8E06FA

HEX#8E06FA

RGBrgb(142, 6, 250)

RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.0235, 0.9804

RGB percentages55.7%, 2.4%, 98%

HSLhsl(273.4, 96.1%, 50.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(273.4, 97.6%, 98%)

CMYK43.2%, 97.6%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,307,898

CSS custom property--colour: #8E06FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12783WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness114.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.9:1

Contrast with white5.9:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#353535

Inverted#71F905

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0064FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#0062F6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.2 from the original

Tritanopia#726293no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 91.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.56:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 18.4 Dark violet · ΔE 18.9 Blue · ΔE 22.6 Medium blue · ΔE 23.6 Dark orchid · ΔE 32.9 Fuchsia · ΔE 36

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 18.37, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#72FA06

Analogous#1406FA, #FA06EC

Triadic#FA8E06, #06FA8E

Split complementary#ECFA06, #06FA14

Tetradic#FA1406, #72FA06, #06ECFA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#E9CEFE

Lighter +30%#D29CFD

Lighter +20%#BB6AFC

Lighter +10%#A538FB

Darker −10%#7204C9

Darker −20%#550397

Darker −30%#390265

Darker −40%#1D0133

More saturated +25%#8F01FF

Less saturated −25%#8A26DA

Channel breakdown

R142

B250

Red142 (55.7%)

Green6 (2.4%)

Blue250 (98%)

Hue273.44°

Saturation (HSL)96.06%

Lightness50.2%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 8E · G 06 · B FA

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