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Recognised as Colour

#855FED

  • #855FED
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium slateblue

#855FED is a violet with RGB values 133, 95, 237 and HSL 256°, 80%, 65%. 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

#855FED#855FED
HEX#855FED
RGBrgb(133, 95, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.3725, 0.9294
RGB percentages52.2%, 37.3%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(256.1, 79.8%, 65.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(256.1, 59.9%, 92.9%)
CMYK43.9%, 59.9%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,740,845
CSS custom property--colour: #855FED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19285WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness130.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.86:1
Contrast with white4.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.86:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#717171
Inverted#7AA012

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#007CF2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#0076EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31 from the original
Tritanopia#677F9Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 68.4 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 text4.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 7.1Slate blue · ΔE 15.9Dark orchid · ΔE 20Medium purple · ΔE 20.3Royal blue · ΔE 21.9Medium orchid · ΔE 22.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 7.05, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C7ED5F
Analogous#5F80ED, #CC5FED
Triadic#ED855F, #5FED85
Split complementary#EDCC5F, #80ED5F
Tetradic#ED5F80, #C7ED5F, #5FEDCC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EEE9FC
Lighter +20%#CBBBF7
Lighter +10%#A88DF2
Darker −10%#6231E8
Darker −20%#4817CF
Darker −30%#3812A1
Darker −40%#280D73
More saturated +25%#7D4DFF
Less saturated −25%#8F75D7

Channel breakdown

R133
G95
B237
Red133 (52.2%)
Green95 (37.3%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue256.06°
Saturation (HSL)79.78%
Lightness65.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 85 · G 5F · B ED

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