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Recognised as Colour

#8F20FB

  • #8F20FB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8F20FB is a violet with RGB values 143, 32, 251 and HSL 270°, 96%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8F20FB#8F20FB
HEX#8F20FB
RGBrgb(143, 32, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.5608, 0.1255, 0.9843
RGB percentages56.1%, 12.5%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(270.4, 96.5%, 55.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270.4, 87.3%, 98.4%)
CMYK43%, 87.3%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,380,091
CSS custom property--colour: #8F20FB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13838WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness117.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.57:1
Contrast with white5.57:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#474747
Inverted#70DF04

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0068FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#0066F7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.5 from the original
Tritanopia#736796no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 89 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.57:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.77:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 14.5Dark violet · ΔE 16.4Medium blue · ΔE 23.1Blue · ΔE 24.9Dark orchid · ΔE 29.3Fuchsia · ΔE 35.6
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 14.5, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8CFB20
Analogous#2120FB, #FB20FA
Triadic#FB8F20, #20FB8F
Split complementary#FAFB20, #20FB21
Tetradic#FB2120, #8CFB20, #20FAFB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4E8FF
Lighter +30%#DAB6FE
Lighter +20%#C184FD
Lighter +10%#A852FC
Darker −10%#7604E4
Darker −20%#5C03B2
Darker −30%#420280
Darker −40%#28014E
More saturated +25%#8F1CFF
Less saturated −25%#8F3CDF

Channel breakdown

R143
G32
B251
Red143 (56.1%)
Green32 (12.5%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue270.41°
Saturation (HSL)96.48%
Lightness55.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8F · G 20 · B FB

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