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Recognised as Colour

#860AE5

  • #860AE5
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#860AE5 is a violet with RGB values 134, 10, 229 and HSL 274°, 92%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#860AE5#860AE5
HEX#860AE5
RGBrgb(134, 10, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.5255, 0.0392, 0.898
RGB percentages52.5%, 3.9%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(274, 91.6%, 46.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(274, 95.6%, 89.8%)
CMYK41.5%, 95.6%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,784,613
CSS custom property--colour: #860AE5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10943WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness106.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.59:1
Contrast with white6.59:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#343434
Inverted#79F51A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005CEAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44 from the original
Deuteranopia#005CE1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.8 from the original
Tritanopia#6F5987no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 82.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.59:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.19:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 10Dark violet · ΔE 10.6Medium blue · ΔE 20.6Dark orchid · ΔE 24.4Blue · ΔE 27.9Fuchsia · ΔE 35.8
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.99, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#69E50A
Analogous#180AE5, #E50AD7
Triadic#E5860A, #0AE586
Split complementary#D6E50A, #0AE519
Tetradic#E5180A, #69E50A, #0AD7E5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E2BFFC
Lighter +30%#CB8EFA
Lighter +20%#B55DF8
Lighter +10%#9E2CF6
Darker −10%#6908B4
Darker −20%#4D0683
Darker −30%#300452
Darker −40%#140122
More saturated +25%#8700EF
Less saturated −25%#8228C7

Channel breakdown

R134
G10
B229
Red134 (52.5%)
Green10 (3.9%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue273.97°
Saturation (HSL)91.63%
Lightness46.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 86 · G 0A · B E5

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