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Recognised as Colour

#8F75FD

  • #8F75FD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium slateblue

#8F75FD is a blue with RGB values 143, 117, 253 and HSL 251°, 97%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#8F75FD#8F75FD
HEX#8F75FD
RGBrgb(143, 117, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.5608, 0.4588, 0.9922
RGB percentages56.1%, 45.9%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(251.5, 97.1%, 72.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(251.5, 53.8%, 99.2%)
CMYK43.5%, 53.8%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,401,853
CSS custom property--colour: #8F75FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25654WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness146.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.13:1
Contrast with white3.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.13:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#848484
Inverted#708A02

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2E8EFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#3087FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.3 from the original
Tritanopia#6E92AEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 66.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.43:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 5.7Slate blue · ΔE 15.4Medium purple · ΔE 15.8Royal blue · ΔE 18.7Medium orchid · ΔE 24.6Dark orchid · ΔE 27.5
Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 5.69, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E3FD75
Analogous#759FFD, #D375FD
Triadic#FD8F75, #75FD8F
Split complementary#FDD375, #9FFD75
Tetradic#FD759F, #E3FD75, #75FDD3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E1DAFE
Lighter +10%#B8A7FE
Darker −10%#6643FC
Darker −20%#3D10FC
Darker −30%#2B03D6
Darker −40%#2102A4
More saturated +25%#8E73FF
Less saturated −25%#9A86EC

Channel breakdown

R143
G117
B253
Red143 (56.1%)
Green117 (45.9%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue251.47°
Saturation (HSL)97.14%
Lightness72.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8F · G 75 · B FD

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