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Recognised as Colour

#8E6099

  • #8E6099
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#8E6099 is a violet with RGB values 142, 96, 153 and HSL 288°, 23%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#8E6099#8E6099
HEX#8E6099
RGBrgb(142, 96, 153)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.3765, 0.6
RGB percentages55.7%, 37.6%, 60%
HSLhsl(288.4, 22.9%, 48.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(288.4, 37.3%, 60%)
CMYK7.2%, 37.3%, 0%, 40%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,330,841
CSS custom property--colour: #8E6099;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16416WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness118.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.9:1
Contrast with white4.9:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6E6E6E
Inverted#719F66

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#596E9Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#647297no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.9 from the original
Tritanopia#8F6775no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.9:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.28:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 25Plum · ΔE 26.2Medium purple · ΔE 28.5Rebecca purple · ΔE 30.9Pale violetred · ΔE 32.1Orchid · ΔE 32.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 24.98, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6B9960
Analogous#726099, #996088
Triadic#998E60, #60998E
Split complementary#879960, #609972
Tetradic#997260, #6B9960, #608799

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E7DCE9
Lighter +30%#D1BDD5
Lighter +20%#BB9DC2
Lighter +10%#A57EAE
Darker −10%#714C7A
Darker −20%#54395A
Darker −30%#37253B
Darker −40%#1A111C
More saturated +25%#A141B8
Less saturated −25%#7D7D7D

Channel breakdown

R142
G96
B153
Red142 (55.7%)
Green96 (37.6%)
Blue153 (60%)
Hue288.42°
Saturation (HSL)22.89%
Lightness48.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8E · G 60 · B 99

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