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Recognised as Colour

#8E68CB

  • #8E68CB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#8E68CB is a violet with RGB values 142, 104, 203 and HSL 263°, 49%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#8E68CB#8E68CB
HEX#8E68CB
RGBrgb(142, 104, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.4078, 0.7961
RGB percentages55.7%, 40.8%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(263, 48.8%, 60.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(263, 48.8%, 79.6%)
CMYK30%, 48.8%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,332,939
CSS custom property--colour: #8E68CB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19963WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness130.7 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#777777
Inverted#719734

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#487BCEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#517BC9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.7 from the original
Tritanopia#827A90no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever 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

Medium purple · ΔE 5.2Slate blue · ΔE 13.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 20Rebecca purple · ΔE 20.1Royal blue · ΔE 21.9Medium orchid · ΔE 23.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 5.17, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A5CB68
Analogous#6874CB, #BF68CB
Triadic#CB8E68, #68CB8E
Split complementary#CBC068, #73CB68
Tetradic#CB6874, #A5CB68, #68CBBF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E3DAF2
Lighter +20%#C7B4E5
Lighter +10%#AA8ED8
Darker −10%#7242BE
Darker −20%#5B3598
Darker −30%#442773
Darker −40%#2E1A4D
More saturated +25%#884FE4
Less saturated −25%#9481B2

Channel breakdown

R142
G104
B203
Red142 (55.7%)
Green104 (40.8%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue263.03°
Saturation (HSL)48.77%
Lightness60.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8E · G 68 · B CB

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