Recognised as Colour

#8E39FD

#8E39FD
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#8E39FD is a violet with RGB values 142, 57, 253 and HSL 266°, 98%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

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HEX#8E39FD

RGBrgb(142, 57, 253)

RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.2235, 0.9922

RGB percentages55.7%, 22.4%, 99.2%

HSLhsl(266, 98%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(266, 77.5%, 99.2%)

CMYK43.9%, 77.5%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,320,957

CSS custom property--colour: #8E39FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15769WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness123.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.06:1

Contrast with white5.06:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#595959

Inverted#71C602

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0070FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#006CF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.9 from the original

Tritanopia#70709Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 85.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.15:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 9.2 Dark violet · ΔE 14.9 Dark orchid · ΔE 23.7 Medium blue · ΔE 23.9 Blue · ΔE 30 Medium slateblue · ΔE 35.5

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.22, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A8FD39

Analogous#3946FD, #F039FD

Triadic#FD8E39, #39FD8E

Split complementary#FDF039, #46FD39

Tetradic#FD3946, #A8FD39, #39FDF0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E4D0FF

Lighter +20%#C89EFE

Lighter +10%#AB6BFE

Darker −10%#7107FC

Darker −20%#5A02CE

Darker −30%#44029B

Darker −40%#2E0169

More saturated +25%#8E37FF

Less saturated −25%#9152E4

Channel breakdown

R142

G57

B253

Red142 (55.7%)

Green57 (22.4%)

Blue253 (99.2%)

Hue266.02°

Saturation (HSL)98%

Lightness60.78%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 8E · G 39 · B FD

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