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Recognised as Colour

#8E33CF

  • #8E33CF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#8E33CF is a violet with RGB values 142, 51, 207 and HSL 275°, 62%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#8E33CF#8E33CF
HEX#8E33CF
RGBrgb(142, 51, 207)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.2, 0.8118
RGB percentages55.7%, 20%, 81.2%
HSLhsl(275, 61.9%, 50.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(275, 75.4%, 81.2%)
CMYK31.4%, 75.4%, 0%, 18.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,319,375
CSS custom property--colour: #8E33CF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12623WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness111.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.96:1
Contrast with white5.96:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#525252
Inverted#71CC30

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0061D3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0064CCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47 from the original
Tritanopia#835A7Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 64 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.96:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.52:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 4.3Blue violet · ΔE 12.7Dark violet · ΔE 14.7Medium orchid · ΔE 20.5Medium slateblue · ΔE 24.5Indigo · ΔE 26.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 4.28, a close match
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#74CF33
Analogous#4033CF, #CF33C2
Triadic#CF8E33, #33CF8E
Split complementary#C2CF33, #33CF40
Tetradic#CF4033, #74CF33, #33C2CF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E9D8F6
Lighter +30%#D3AFEC
Lighter +20%#BC86E2
Lighter +10%#A55CD9
Darker −10%#7227A8
Darker −20%#561E7E
Darker −30%#3A1455
Darker −40%#1E0A2C
More saturated +25%#9314EF
Less saturated −25%#8952B0

Channel breakdown

R142
G51
B207
Red142 (55.7%)
Green51 (20%)
Blue207 (81.2%)
Hue275°
Saturation (HSL)61.9%
Lightness50.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8E · G 33 · B CF

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