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Recognised as Colour

#8E3FF3

  • #8E3FF3
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8E3FF3 is a violet with RGB values 142, 63, 243 and HSL 266°, 88%, 60%. 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

#8E3FF3#8E3FF3
HEX#8E3FF3
RGBrgb(142, 63, 243)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.2471, 0.9529
RGB percentages55.7%, 24.7%, 95.3%
HSLhsl(266.3, 88.2%, 60%)
HSV / HSBhsv(266.3, 74.1%, 95.3%)
CMYK41.6%, 74.1%, 0%, 4.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,322,483
CSS custom property--colour: #8E3FF3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15777WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness122.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.05:1
Contrast with white5.05:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5D5D5D
Inverted#71C00C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006FF8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#006DF0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.1 from the original
Tritanopia#746E97no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.05:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.16:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 5.8Dark violet · ΔE 13.6Dark orchid · ΔE 17.3Medium blue · ΔE 26.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 28.8Medium orchid · ΔE 31.4
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 5.85, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A4F33F
Analogous#3F4AF3, #E83FF3
Triadic#F38E3F, #3FF38E
Split complementary#F3E83F, #4AF33F
Tetradic#F33F4A, #A4F33F, #3FF3E8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E3CFFC
Lighter +20%#C79FF9
Lighter +10%#AA6FF6
Darker −10%#720FF0
Darker −20%#5B0CC0
Darker −30%#440990
Darker −40%#2E0660
More saturated +25%#8D33FF
Less saturated −25%#9159D9

Channel breakdown

R142
G63
B243
Red142 (55.7%)
Green63 (24.7%)
Blue243 (95.3%)
Hue266.33°
Saturation (HSL)88.24%
Lightness60%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8E · G 3F · B F3

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