Recognised as Colour

#856CA9

#856CA9
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark slateblue

#856CA9 is a violet with RGB values 133, 108, 169 and HSL 265°, 26%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

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HEX#856CA9

RGBrgb(133, 108, 169)

RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.4235, 0.6627

RGB percentages52.2%, 42.4%, 66.3%

HSLhsl(264.6, 26.2%, 54.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(264.6, 36.1%, 66.3%)

CMYK21.3%, 36.1%, 0%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,744,105

CSS custom property--colour: #856CA9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18576WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness124.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.72:1

Contrast with white4.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.72:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#767676

Inverted#7A9356

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5E77ABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#6377A7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.4 from the original

Tritanopia#7F7683no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.45:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 23.6 Medium purple · ΔE 25.8 Plum · ΔE 26.2 Cornflower blue · ΔE 26.9 Steel blue · ΔE 27 Slate grey · ΔE 31

Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 23.59, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#90A96C

Analogous#6C71A9, #A46CA9

Triadic#A9856C, #6CA985

Split complementary#A9A36C, #71A96C

Tetradic#A96C71, #90A96C, #6CA9A4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F0EDF4

Lighter +30%#D5CDE1

Lighter +20%#BAACCF

Lighter +10%#A08CBC

Darker −10%#6C538F

Darker −20%#53416E

Darker −30%#3B2E4E

Darker −40%#231B2E

More saturated +25%#804FC6

Less saturated −25%#8A898C

Channel breakdown

R133

G108

B169

Red133 (52.2%)

Green108 (42.4%)

Blue169 (66.3%)

Hue264.59°

Saturation (HSL)26.18%

Lightness54.31%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 85 · G 6C · B A9

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