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Recognised as Colour

#8E44EA

  • #8E44EA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8E44EA is a violet with RGB values 142, 68, 234 and HSL 267°, 80%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8E44EA#8E44EA
HEX#8E44EA
RGBrgb(142, 68, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.2667, 0.9176
RGB percentages55.7%, 26.7%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(266.7, 79.8%, 59.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(266.7, 70.9%, 91.8%)
CMYK39.3%, 70.9%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,323,754
CSS custom property--colour: #8E44EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15826WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness122.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.04:1
Contrast with white5.04:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#606060
Inverted#71BB15

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006FEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#006DE7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.2 from the original
Tritanopia#786D93no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.04:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.17:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 9.1Dark orchid · ΔE 12.5Dark violet · ΔE 15.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 23Medium orchid · ΔE 25.6Medium blue · ΔE 29.7
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.11, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A0EA44
Analogous#444DEA, #E144EA
Triadic#EA8E44, #44EA8E
Split complementary#EAE144, #4DEA44
Tetradic#EA444D, #A0EA44, #44EAE1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FDFBFF
Lighter +30%#E1CEF9
Lighter +20%#C5A0F4
Lighter +10%#AA72EF
Darker −10%#7319E2
Darker −20%#5B14B4
Darker −30%#440F86
Darker −40%#2D0A58
More saturated +25%#8C2FFF
Less saturated −25%#915ED0

Channel breakdown

R142
G68
B234
Red142 (55.7%)
Green68 (26.7%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue266.75°
Saturation (HSL)79.81%
Lightness59.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8E · G 44 · B EA

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