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Recognised as Colour

#8F82EE

  • #8F82EE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#8F82EE is a blue with RGB values 143, 130, 238 and HSL 247°, 76%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#8F82EE#8F82EE
HEX#8F82EE
RGBrgb(143, 130, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.5608, 0.5098, 0.9333
RGB percentages56.1%, 51%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(247.2, 76.1%, 72.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(247.2, 45.4%, 93.3%)
CMYK39.9%, 45.4%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,405,166
CSS custom property--colour: #8F82EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27978WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness150 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.6:1
Contrast with white3.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.6:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D
Inverted#707D11

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5A93F2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#588DEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.3 from the original
Tritanopia#7498ADno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.18:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 8.5Slate blue · ΔE 16.3Royal blue · ΔE 17.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 18.1Cornflower blue · ΔE 21.5Dodgerblue · ΔE 23
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 8.49, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E1EE82
Analogous#82ABEE, #C582EE
Triadic#EE8F82, #82EE8F
Split complementary#EEC582, #ABEE82
Tetradic#EE82AB, #E1EE82, #82EEC5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DFDCFA
Lighter +10%#B7AFF4
Darker −10%#6755E8
Darker −20%#3F28E2
Darker −30%#2D1ABD
Darker −40%#231490
More saturated +25%#8271FF
Less saturated −25%#9C94DC

Channel breakdown

R143
G130
B238
Red143 (56.1%)
Green130 (51%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue247.22°
Saturation (HSL)76.06%
Lightness72.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 8F · G 82 · B EE

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