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Recognised as Colour

#8E4AFF

  • #8E4AFF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8E4AFF is a violet with RGB values 142, 74, 255 and HSL 263°, 100%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8E4AFF#8E4AFF
HEX#8E4AFF
RGBrgb(142, 74, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.2902, 1
RGB percentages55.7%, 29%, 100%
HSLhsl(262.5, 100%, 64.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.5, 71%, 100%)
CMYK44.3%, 71%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,325,311
CSS custom property--colour: #8E4AFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17868WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness129.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.59:1
Contrast with white4.59:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.57:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#666666
Inverted#71B500

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0077FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#0072FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.1 from the original
Tritanopia#6E79A0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 82.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.59:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 9.8Dark violet · ΔE 17.5Dark orchid · ΔE 20.2Medium blue · ΔE 27.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 27.8Medium orchid · ΔE 32.8
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.82, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BBFF4A
Analogous#4A61FF, #E94AFF
Triadic#FF8E4A, #4AFF8E
Split complementary#FFE94A, #61FF4A
Tetradic#FF4A60, #BBFF4A, #4AFFE9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EEE3FF
Lighter +20%#CEB0FF
Lighter +10%#AE7DFF
Darker −10%#6E17FF
Darker −20%#5500E3
Darker −30%#4200B0
Darker −40%#2F007D
More saturated +25%#8E4AFF
Less saturated −25%#9461E8

Channel breakdown

R142
G74
B255
Red142 (55.7%)
Green74 (29%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue262.54°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness64.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8E · G 4A · B FF

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