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Recognised as Colour

#8F56F8

  • #8F56F8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#8F56F8 is a violet with RGB values 143, 86, 248 and HSL 261°, 92%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#8F56F8#8F56F8
HEX#8F56F8
RGBrgb(143, 86, 248)
RGB (0–1)0.5608, 0.3373, 0.9725
RGB percentages56.1%, 33.7%, 97.3%
HSLhsl(261.1, 92%, 65.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261.1, 65.3%, 97.3%)
CMYK42.3%, 65.3%, 0%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,393,912
CSS custom property--colour: #8F56F8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19273WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness132.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.85:1
Contrast with white4.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.85:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6E6E6E
Inverted#70A907

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#007BFDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#0077F5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.1 from the original
Tritanopia#737DA0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.33:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 15.3Dark orchid · ΔE 16.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 18.1Dark violet · ΔE 22.1Medium orchid · ΔE 25.5Slate blue · ΔE 26.8
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 15.26, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BFF856
Analogous#566EF8, #E056F8
Triadic#F88F56, #56F88F
Split complementary#F8E056, #6EF856
Tetradic#F8566E, #BFF856, #56F8E0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F0E9FE
Lighter +20%#D0B8FC
Lighter +10%#AF87FA
Darker −10%#6F25F6
Darker −20%#5409DF
Darker −30%#4207AE
Darker −40%#2F057D
More saturated +25%#8D4FFF
Less saturated −25%#966CE2

Channel breakdown

R143
G86
B248
Red143 (56.1%)
Green86 (33.7%)
Blue248 (97.3%)
Hue261.11°
Saturation (HSL)92.05%
Lightness65.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8F · G 56 · B F8

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