Recognised as Colour

#855AFC

#855AFC
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium slateblue

#855AFC is a violet with RGB values 133, 90, 252 and HSL 256°, 96%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#855AFC#855AFC

HEX#855AFC

RGBrgb(133, 90, 252)

RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.3529, 0.9882

RGB percentages52.2%, 35.3%, 98.8%

HSLhsl(255.9, 96.4%, 67.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(255.9, 64.3%, 98.8%)

CMYK47.2%, 64.3%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,739,580

CSS custom property--colour: #855AFC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19327WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness131.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.87:1

Contrast with white4.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.87:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#6F6F6F

Inverted#7AA503

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#007DFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#0076F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32 from the original

Tritanopia#5E81A3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.32:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 16.7 Blue violet · ΔE 17.6 Dark orchid · ΔE 19.7 Dark violet · ΔE 24.9 Slate blue · ΔE 26 Medium orchid · ΔE 28

Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 16.67, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#D1FC5A

Analogous#5A80FC, #D65AFC

Triadic#FC855A, #5AFC85

Split complementary#FCD65A, #80FC5A

Tetradic#FC5A80, #D1FC5A, #5AFCD6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F4F0FF

Lighter +20%#CFBEFE

Lighter +10%#AA8CFD

Darker −10%#6028FB

Darker −20%#4204EC

Darker −30%#3403BA

Darker −40%#260288

More saturated +25%#8457FF

Less saturated −25%#8F6FE7

Channel breakdown

R133

G90

B252

Red133 (52.2%)

Green90 (35.3%)

Blue252 (98.8%)

Hue255.93°

Saturation (HSL)96.43%

Lightness67.06%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 85 · G 5A · B FC

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