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Recognised as Colour

#8E0DF6

  • #8E0DF6
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8E0DF6 is a violet with RGB values 142, 13, 246 and HSL 273°, 93%, 51%. 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

#8E0DF6#8E0DF6
HEX#8E0DF6
RGBrgb(142, 13, 246)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.051, 0.9647
RGB percentages55.7%, 5.1%, 96.5%
HSLhsl(273.2, 92.8%, 50.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.2, 94.7%, 96.5%)
CMYK42.3%, 94.7%, 0%, 3.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,309,686
CSS custom property--colour: #8E0DF6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12692WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness114.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.93:1
Contrast with white5.93:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#393939
Inverted#71F209

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0063FBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46 from the original
Deuteranopia#0062F2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.1 from the original
Tritanopia#746191no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 88.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.93:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.54:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 15.9Dark violet · ΔE 16.5Medium blue · ΔE 22.9Blue · ΔE 24.2Dark orchid · ΔE 30.4Fuchsia · ΔE 35.3
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 15.86, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#75F60D
Analogous#190DF6, #F60DEA
Triadic#F68E0D, #0DF68E
Split complementary#EAF60D, #0DF619
Tetradic#F6190D, #75F60D, #0DEAF6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EAD2FD
Lighter +30%#D3A1FB
Lighter +20%#BC6FFA
Lighter +10%#A53EF8
Darker −10%#7207C9
Darker −20%#560697
Darker −30%#3A0466
Darker −40%#1E0235
More saturated +25%#8F04FF
Less saturated −25%#8B2CD7

Channel breakdown

R142
G13
B246
Red142 (55.7%)
Green13 (5.1%)
Blue246 (96.5%)
Hue273.22°
Saturation (HSL)92.83%
Lightness50.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8E · G 0D · B F6

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