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Recognised as Colour

#8F01FF

  • #8F01FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8F01FF is a violet with RGB values 143, 1, 255 and HSL 274°, 100%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8F01FF#8F01FF
HEX#8F01FF
RGBrgb(143, 1, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5608, 0.0039, 1
RGB percentages56.1%, 0.4%, 100%
HSLhsl(273.5, 100%, 50.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.5, 99.6%, 100%)
CMYK43.9%, 99.6%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,372,159
CSS custom property--colour: #8F01FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13081WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness116.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.81:1
Contrast with white5.81:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#323232
Inverted#70FE00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0065FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#0063FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.6 from the original
Tritanopia#716496no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 93.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.81:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.62:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 21Dark violet · ΔE 21.4Blue · ΔE 21.4Medium blue · ΔE 24.8Dark orchid · ΔE 35.5Fuchsia · ΔE 36.7
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 20.97, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#71FF01
Analogous#1001FF, #FF01F0
Triadic#FF8F01, #01FF8F
Split complementary#F0FF01, #01FF10
Tetradic#FF1001, #71FF01, #01F0FF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E9CDFF
Lighter +30%#D29AFF
Lighter +20%#BC67FF
Lighter +10%#A534FF
Darker −10%#7300CD
Darker −20%#56009A
Darker −30%#3A0067
Darker −40%#1D0034
More saturated +25%#8F01FF
Less saturated −25%#8B21DF

Channel breakdown

R143
G1
B255
Red143 (56.1%)
Green1 (0.4%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue273.54°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness50.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8F · G 01 · B FF

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