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Recognised as Colour

#8F66DB

  • #8F66DB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#8F66DB is a violet with RGB values 143, 102, 219 and HSL 261°, 62%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#8F66DB#8F66DB
HEX#8F66DB
RGBrgb(143, 102, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.5608, 0.4, 0.8588
RGB percentages56.1%, 40%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(261, 61.9%, 62.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261, 53.4%, 85.9%)
CMYK34.7%, 53.4%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,397,979
CSS custom property--colour: #8F66DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20457WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness133 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.09:1
Contrast with white4.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.09:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#777777
Inverted#709924

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#367DDFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#427CD8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.2 from the original
Tritanopia#7E7D97no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.12:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 6.8Slate blue · ΔE 9.5Medium slateblue · ΔE 11.1Medium orchid · ΔE 18.9Royal blue · ΔE 19.3Rebecca purple · ΔE 20.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 6.81, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B2DB66
Analogous#6678DB, #C966DB
Triadic#DB8F66, #66DB8F
Split complementary#DBC966, #78DB66
Tetradic#DB6678, #B2DB66, #66DBC9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EAE2F8
Lighter +20%#CBB9EE
Lighter +10%#AD8FE5
Darker −10%#713DD1
Darker −20%#592AB1
Darker −30%#442088
Darker −40%#30165F
More saturated +25%#884EF3
Less saturated −25%#967EC3

Channel breakdown

R143
G102
B219
Red143 (56.1%)
Green102 (40%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue261.03°
Saturation (HSL)61.9%
Lightness62.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8F · G 66 · B DB

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