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Recognised as Colour

#8F6EDA

  • #8F6EDA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#8F6EDA is a violet with RGB values 143, 110, 218 and HSL 258°, 59%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#8F6EDA#8F6EDA
HEX#8F6EDA
RGBrgb(143, 110, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.5608, 0.4314, 0.8549
RGB percentages56.1%, 43.1%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(258.3, 59.3%, 64.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(258.3, 49.5%, 85.5%)
CMYK34.4%, 49.5%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,400,026
CSS custom property--colour: #8F6EDA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22053WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness136.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.41:1
Contrast with white3.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.41:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7D7D7D
Inverted#709125

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4782DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#4E80D7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.2 from the original
Tritanopia#7E839Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.88:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 1.3Slate blue · ΔE 11.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 15.2Royal blue · ΔE 18.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 22.4Medium orchid · ΔE 22.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 1.26, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B9DA6E
Analogous#6E83DA, #C56EDA
Triadic#DA8F6E, #6EDA8F
Split complementary#DAC56E, #83DA6E
Tetradic#DA6E83, #B9DA6E, #6EDAC5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EDE8F9
Lighter +20%#CEBFEF
Lighter +10%#AE97E4
Darker −10%#7045D0
Darker −20%#572EB4
Darker −30%#43248B
Darker −40%#301963
More saturated +25%#8657F1
Less saturated −25%#9885C3

Channel breakdown

R143
G110
B218
Red143 (56.1%)
Green110 (43.1%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue258.33°
Saturation (HSL)59.34%
Lightness64.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8F · G 6E · B DA

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