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Colour

#8E53FF

  • #8E53FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8E53FF is a violet with RGB values 142, 83, 255 and HSL 261°, 100%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8E53FF#8E53FF
HEX#8E53FF
RGBrgb(142, 83, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.3255, 1
RGB percentages55.7%, 32.5%, 100%
HSLhsl(260.6, 100%, 66.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.6, 67.5%, 100%)
CMYK44.3%, 67.5%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,327,615
CSS custom property--colour: #8E53FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19157WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness132.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.83:1
Contrast with white4.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.83:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6C6C6C
Inverted#71AC00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#007BFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39 from the original
Deuteranopia#0076FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.9 from the original
Tritanopia#6D7EA3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 79.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.35:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 12.8Dark orchid · ΔE 18.9Dark violet · ΔE 20.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 22.7Medium orchid · ΔE 29.6Medium blue · ΔE 30.4
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 12.81, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C4FF53
Analogous#536EFF, #E453FF
Triadic#FF8E53, #53FF8E
Split complementary#FFE453, #6EFF53
Tetradic#FF536E, #C4FF53, #53FFE4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F3ECFF
Lighter +20%#D1B9FF
Lighter +10%#B086FF
Darker −10%#6C20FF
Darker −20%#5100EC
Darker −30%#3F00B9
Darker −40%#2E0086
More saturated +25%#8E53FF
Less saturated −25%#9568EA

Channel breakdown

R142
G83
B255
Red142 (55.7%)
Green83 (32.5%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue260.58°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness66.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8E · G 53 · B FF

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