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Recognised as Colour

#8E59E2

  • #8E59E2
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium slateblue

#8E59E2 is a violet with RGB values 142, 89, 226 and HSL 263°, 70%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#8E59E2#8E59E2
HEX#8E59E2
RGBrgb(142, 89, 226)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.349, 0.8863
RGB percentages55.7%, 34.9%, 88.6%
HSLhsl(263.2, 70.3%, 61.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(263.2, 60.6%, 88.6%)
CMYK37.2%, 60.6%, 0%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,329,122
CSS custom property--colour: #8E59E2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18387WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness128.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.68:1
Contrast with white4.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.68:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6E6E6E
Inverted#71A61D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0077E6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#1D75DFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.8 from the original
Tritanopia#7A7795no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 62.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.49:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 9.9Slate blue · ΔE 15.5Dark orchid · ΔE 16.5Medium orchid · ΔE 17.6Medium purple · ΔE 18.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 9.91, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ADE259
Analogous#5968E2, #D359E2
Triadic#E28E59, #59E28E
Split complementary#E2D359, #68E259
Tetradic#E25968, #ADE259, #59E2D3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E7DBF9
Lighter +20%#C9B0F1
Lighter +10%#AC84EA
Darker −10%#702EDA
Darker −20%#5A20B5
Darker −30%#44188A
Darker −40%#2F115E
More saturated +25%#8841FA
Less saturated −25%#9471CA

Channel breakdown

R142
G89
B226
Red142 (55.7%)
Green89 (34.9%)
Blue226 (88.6%)
Hue263.21°
Saturation (HSL)70.26%
Lightness61.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8E · G 59 · B E2

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