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Colour

#8E5BC8

  • #8E5BC8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#8E5BC8 is a violet with RGB values 142, 91, 200 and HSL 268°, 50%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#8E5BC8#8E5BC8
HEX#8E5BC8
RGBrgb(142, 91, 200)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.3569, 0.7843
RGB percentages55.7%, 35.7%, 78.4%
HSLhsl(268.1, 49.8%, 57.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(268.1, 54.5%, 78.4%)
CMYK29%, 54.5%, 0%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,329,608
CSS custom property--colour: #8E5BC8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17403WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness124.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.69:1
Contrast with white4.69:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6E6E6E
Inverted#71A437

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3373CCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#4474C5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.8 from the original
Tritanopia#837089no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.69:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.48:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 8.5Slate blue · ΔE 11.3Rebecca purple · ΔE 16Medium slateblue · ΔE 16.6Medium orchid · ΔE 17.3Royal blue · ΔE 22.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 8.52, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#95C85B
Analogous#5B5EC8, #C55BC8
Triadic#C88E5B, #5BC88E
Split complementary#C8C55B, #5EC85B
Tetradic#C85B5E, #95C85B, #5BC8C5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F7F4FB
Lighter +30%#DDCEEE
Lighter +20%#C3A7E2
Lighter +10%#A881D5
Darker −10%#743CB4
Darker −20%#5B2F8E
Darker −30%#432367
Darker −40%#2A1641
More saturated +25%#8C40E3
Less saturated −25%#9076AD

Channel breakdown

R142
G91
B200
Red142 (55.7%)
Green91 (35.7%)
Blue200 (78.4%)
Hue268.07°
Saturation (HSL)49.77%
Lightness57.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8E · G 5B · B C8

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