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Recognised as Colour

#8E5CE4

  • #8E5CE4
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium slateblue

#8E5CE4 is a violet with RGB values 142, 92, 228 and HSL 262°, 72%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#8E5CE4#8E5CE4
HEX#8E5CE4
RGBrgb(142, 92, 228)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.3608, 0.8941
RGB percentages55.7%, 36.1%, 89.4%
HSLhsl(262.1, 71.6%, 62.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.1, 59.6%, 89.4%)
CMYK37.7%, 59.6%, 0%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,329,892
CSS custom property--colour: #8E5CE4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19007WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness130.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.8:1
Contrast with white4.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.8:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#707070
Inverted#71A31B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0079E8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#2077E1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35 from the original
Tritanopia#797A97no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 63.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.37:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 8.8Slate blue · ΔE 14.7Medium purple · ΔE 17.7Dark orchid · ΔE 17.8Medium orchid · ΔE 18Royal blue · ΔE 23.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 8.79, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B2E45C
Analogous#5C6EE4, #D25CE4
Triadic#E48E5C, #5CE48E
Split complementary#E4D25C, #6EE45C
Tetradic#E45C6E, #B2E45C, #5CE4D2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E9DFFA
Lighter +20%#CBB4F2
Lighter +10%#AC88EB
Darker −10%#7030DD
Darker −20%#581FBB
Darker −30%#44188F
Darker −40%#2F1064
More saturated +25%#8844FC
Less saturated −25%#9474CC

Channel breakdown

R142
G92
B228
Red142 (55.7%)
Green92 (36.1%)
Blue228 (89.4%)
Hue262.06°
Saturation (HSL)71.58%
Lightness62.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8E · G 5C · B E4

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