Recognised as Colour

#8F4EBC

#8F4EBC
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Rebecca purple

#8F4EBC is a violet with RGB values 143, 78, 188 and HSL 275°, 45%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

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HEX#8F4EBC

RGBrgb(143, 78, 188)

RGB (0–1)0.5608, 0.3059, 0.7373

RGB percentages56.1%, 30.6%, 73.7%

HSLhsl(275.5, 45.1%, 52.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(275.5, 58.5%, 73.7%)

CMYK23.9%, 58.5%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,391,804

CSS custom property--colour: #8F4EBC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14919WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness117.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.27:1

Contrast with white5.27:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#646464

Inverted#70B143

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2669C0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#406DB9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.8 from the original

Tritanopia#89637Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.98:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 13.3 Medium purple · ΔE 14.1 Medium orchid · ΔE 14.6 Slate blue · ΔE 15 Medium slateblue · ΔE 20 Dark magenta · ΔE 22

Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 13.27, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#7BBC4E

Analogous#584EBC, #BC4EB2

Triadic#BC8F4E, #4EBC8F

Split complementary#B2BC4E, #4EBC58

Tetradic#BC584E, #7BBC4E, #4EB2BC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#EDE2F4

Lighter +30%#D5BDE6

Lighter +20%#BE98D8

Lighter +10%#A673CA

Darker −10%#743B9C

Darker −20%#592D77

Darker −30%#3D1F52

Darker −40%#22112D

More saturated +25%#9530DB

Less saturated −25%#896D9E

Channel breakdown

R143

G78

B188

Red143 (56.1%)

Green78 (30.6%)

Blue188 (73.7%)

Hue275.45°

Saturation (HSL)45.08%

Lightness52.16%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 8F · G 4E · B BC

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