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Recognised as Colour

#8E72FF

  • #8E72FF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium slateblue

#8E72FF is a blue with RGB values 142, 114, 255 and HSL 252°, 100%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#8E72FF#8E72FF
HEX#8E72FF
RGBrgb(142, 114, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5569, 0.4471, 1
RGB percentages55.7%, 44.7%, 100%
HSLhsl(251.9, 100%, 72.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(251.9, 55.3%, 100%)
CMYK44.3%, 55.3%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,335,551
CSS custom property--colour: #8E72FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25005WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness145.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6:1
Contrast with white3.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#828282
Inverted#718D00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#1F8CFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#2285FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.4 from the original
Tritanopia#6B91AEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 68.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.5:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 6Slate blue · ΔE 16.9Medium purple · ΔE 18.4Royal blue · ΔE 20.2Medium orchid · ΔE 24.7Dark orchid · ΔE 26
Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 5.97, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E3FF72
Analogous#729CFF, #D572FF
Triadic#FF8E72, #72FF8E
Split complementary#FFD472, #9CFF72
Tetradic#FF729C, #E3FF72, #72FFD5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E0D8FF
Lighter +10%#B7A5FF
Darker −10%#653FFF
Darker −20%#3C0CFF
Darker −30%#2B00D8
Darker −40%#2100A5
More saturated +25%#8E72FF
Less saturated −25%#9984ED

Channel breakdown

R142
G114
B255
Red142 (55.7%)
Green114 (44.7%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue251.91°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness72.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8E · G 72 · B FF

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