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Colour

#8E47FF

  • #8E47FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8E47FF is a violet with RGB values 142, 71, 255 and HSL 263°, 100%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8E47FF#8E47FF
HEX#8E47FF
RGBrgb(142, 71, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.2784, 1
RGB percentages55.7%, 27.8%, 100%
HSLhsl(263.2, 100%, 63.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(263.2, 72.2%, 100%)
CMYK44.3%, 72.2%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,324,543
CSS custom property--colour: #8E47FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17477WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness128.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.67:1
Contrast with white4.67:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#636363
Inverted#71B800

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0076FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#0071FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.9 from the original
Tritanopia#6E779Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 83.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.67:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.5:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 9.3Dark violet · ΔE 16.8Dark orchid · ΔE 20.8Medium blue · ΔE 26.5Medium slateblue · ΔE 29.4Medium orchid · ΔE 33.9
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.28, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B8FF47
Analogous#475CFF, #EA47FF
Triadic#FF8E47, #47FF8E
Split complementary#FFEA47, #5CFF47
Tetradic#FF475C, #B8FF47, #47FFEA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#ECE0FF
Lighter +20%#CDADFF
Lighter +10%#AD7AFF
Darker −10%#6F14FF
Darker −20%#5600E0
Darker −30%#4300AD
Darker −40%#2F007A
More saturated +25%#8E47FF
Less saturated −25%#935EE8

Channel breakdown

R142
G71
B255
Red142 (55.7%)
Green71 (27.8%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue263.15°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness63.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8E · G 47 · B FF

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