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Recognised as Colour

#8F04FF

  • #8F04FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8F04FF is a violet with RGB values 143, 4, 255 and HSL 273°, 100%, 51%. 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

#8F04FF#8F04FF
HEX#8F04FF
RGBrgb(143, 4, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5608, 0.0157, 1
RGB percentages56.1%, 1.6%, 100%
HSLhsl(273.2, 100%, 50.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.2, 98.4%, 100%)
CMYK43.9%, 98.4%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,372,927
CSS custom property--colour: #8F04FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13146WCAG 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 5.79:1
Contrast with white5.79:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#343434
Inverted#70FB00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0066FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#0063FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.2 from the original
Tritanopia#716496no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 93.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.79:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.63:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 20.7Dark violet · ΔE 21.2Blue · ΔE 21.5Medium blue · ΔE 24.7Dark orchid · ΔE 35.2Fuchsia · ΔE 36.7
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 20.65, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#74FF04
Analogous#1204FF, #FF04F1
Triadic#FF8F04, #04FF8F
Split complementary#F1FF04, #04FF12
Tetradic#FF1204, #74FF04, #04F1FF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EAD0FF
Lighter +30%#D39DFF
Lighter +20%#BD6AFF
Lighter +10%#A637FF
Darker −10%#7300D0
Darker −20%#57009D
Darker −30%#3B006A
Darker −40%#1E0037
More saturated +25%#8F04FF
Less saturated −25%#8C23E0

Channel breakdown

R143
G4
B255
Red143 (56.1%)
Green4 (1.6%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue273.23°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness50.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8F · G 04 · B FF

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