Colour

#8E54FF

#8E54FF
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#8E54FF is a violet with RGB values 142, 84, 255 and HSL 260°, 100%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8E54FF#8E54FF

HEX#8E54FF

RGBrgb(142, 84, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.3294, 1

RGB percentages55.7%, 32.9%, 100%

HSLhsl(260.4, 100%, 66.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(260.4, 67.1%, 100%)

CMYK44.3%, 67.1%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,327,871

CSS custom property--colour: #8E54FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19311WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness132.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.86:1

Contrast with white4.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.86:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#6D6D6D

Inverted#71AB00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#007CFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#0076FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.4 from the original

Tritanopia#6D7EA3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 79.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.32:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 13.2 Dark orchid · ΔE 18.9 Dark violet · ΔE 20.8 Medium slateblue · ΔE 22.2 Medium orchid · ΔE 29.3 Medium blue · ΔE 30.8

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 13.24, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#C5FF54

Analogous#546FFF, #E354FF

Triadic#FF8E54, #54FF8E

Split complementary#FFE454, #6FFF54

Tetradic#FF5470, #C5FF54, #54FFE4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F3EDFF

Lighter +20%#D1BAFF

Lighter +10%#B087FF

Darker −10%#6C21FF

Darker −20%#5000ED

Darker −30%#3F00BA

Darker −40%#2E0087

More saturated +25%#8E54FF

Less saturated −25%#9569EA

Channel breakdown

R142

G84

B255

Red142 (55.7%)

Green84 (32.9%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue260.35°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness66.47%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 8E · G 54 · B FF

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