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Recognised as Colour

#8E58FF

  • #8E58FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8E58FF is a violet with RGB values 142, 88, 255 and HSL 259°, 100%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8E58FF#8E58FF
HEX#8E58FF
RGBrgb(142, 88, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.3451, 1
RGB percentages55.7%, 34.5%, 100%
HSLhsl(259.4, 100%, 67.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259.4, 65.5%, 100%)
CMYK44.3%, 65.5%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,328,895
CSS custom property--colour: #8E58FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1995WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness134.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.99:1
Contrast with white4.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.99:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#707070
Inverted#71A700

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#007EFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#0078FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.6 from the original
Tritanopia#6D80A4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 77.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.21:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 15.1Dark orchid · ΔE 18.8Medium slateblue · ΔE 19.8Dark violet · ΔE 22.4Medium orchid · ΔE 28.1Slate blue · ΔE 29
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 15.13, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C9FF58
Analogous#5875FF, #E258FF
Triadic#FF8E58, #58FF8E
Split complementary#FFE258, #76FF58
Tetradic#FF5875, #C9FF58, #58FFE2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F6F1FF
Lighter +20%#D3BEFF
Lighter +10%#B18BFF
Darker −10%#6B25FF
Darker −20%#4E00F1
Darker −30%#3D00BE
Darker −40%#2D008B
More saturated +25%#8E58FF
Less saturated −25%#956DEA

Channel breakdown

R142
G88
B255
Red142 (55.7%)
Green88 (34.5%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue259.4°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness67.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8E · G 58 · B FF

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