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Recognised as Colour

#8F39FF

  • #8F39FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8F39FF is a violet with RGB values 143, 57, 255 and HSL 266°, 100%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8F39FF#8F39FF
HEX#8F39FF
RGBrgb(143, 57, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5608, 0.2235, 1
RGB percentages56.1%, 22.4%, 100%
HSLhsl(266.1, 100%, 61.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(266.1, 77.6%, 100%)
CMYK43.9%, 77.6%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,386,495
CSS custom property--colour: #8F39FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15986WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness124.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5:1
Contrast with white5:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5A5A5A
Inverted#70C600

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0070FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#006DFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.4 from the original
Tritanopia#70719Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 86.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.2:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 10Dark violet · ΔE 15.4Medium blue · ΔE 24Dark orchid · ΔE 24.5Blue · ΔE 29.5Medium slateblue · ΔE 36.3
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 10.03, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A9FF39
Analogous#3946FF, #F239FF
Triadic#FF8F39, #39FF8F
Split complementary#FFF239, #46FF39
Tetradic#FF3946, #A9FF39, #39FFF2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E6D2FF
Lighter +20%#C99FFF
Lighter +10%#AC6CFF
Darker −10%#7206FF
Darker −20%#5B00D2
Darker −30%#45009F
Darker −40%#2F006C
More saturated +25%#8F39FF
Less saturated −25%#9252E6

Channel breakdown

R143
G57
B255
Red143 (56.1%)
Green57 (22.4%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue266.06°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness61.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8F · G 39 · B FF

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