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Recognised as Colour

#8F40EE

  • #8F40EE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8F40EE is a violet with RGB values 143, 64, 238 and HSL 267°, 84%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8F40EE#8F40EE
HEX#8F40EE
RGBrgb(143, 64, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.5608, 0.251, 0.9333
RGB percentages56.1%, 25.1%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(267.2, 83.7%, 59.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(267.2, 73.1%, 93.3%)
CMYK39.9%, 73.1%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,388,270
CSS custom property--colour: #8F40EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15679WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness122.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.08:1
Contrast with white5.08:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5D5D5D
Inverted#70BF11

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006EF3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40 from the original
Deuteranopia#006DEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.6 from the original
Tritanopia#786D94no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.08:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.14:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 6.2Dark violet · ΔE 13.6Dark orchid · ΔE 14.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 26.5Medium blue · ΔE 27.6Medium orchid · ΔE 28.6
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 6.24, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9FEE40
Analogous#4048EE, #E640EE
Triadic#EE8F40, #40EE8F
Split complementary#EEE640, #48EE40
Tetradic#EE4048, #9FEE40, #40EEE6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FDFBFF
Lighter +30%#E1CCFB
Lighter +20%#C69EF6
Lighter +10%#AA6FF2
Darker −10%#7415E6
Darker −20%#5C10B8
Darker −30%#450C89
Darker −40%#2D085A
More saturated +25%#8D2FFF
Less saturated −25%#915AD4

Channel breakdown

R143
G64
B238
Red143 (56.1%)
Green64 (25.1%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue267.24°
Saturation (HSL)83.65%
Lightness59.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8F · G 40 · B EE

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