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Recognised as Colour

#86199D

  • #86199D
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark magenta

#86199D is a violet with RGB values 134, 25, 157 and HSL 290°, 73%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark magenta.

Colour values

#86199D#86199D
HEX#86199D
RGBrgb(134, 25, 157)
RGB (0–1)0.5255, 0.098, 0.6157
RGB percentages52.5%, 9.8%, 61.6%
HSLhsl(289.5, 72.5%, 35.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(289.5, 84.1%, 61.6%)
CMYK14.6%, 84.1%, 0%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,788,381
CSS custom property--colour: #86199D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08198WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness92.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.96:1
Contrast with white7.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3A3A3A
Inverted#79E662

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004AA0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#26549Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.9 from the original
Tritanopia#86385Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.96:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.64:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark magenta · ΔE 8.7Purple · ΔE 11.5Dark orchid · ΔE 16.6Rebecca purple · ΔE 17.6Indigo · ΔE 17.6Medium orchid · ΔE 19.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark magenta (#8B008B)ΔE 8.68, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#309D19
Analogous#44199D, #9D1972
Triadic#9D8619, #199D86
Split complementary#729D19, #199D44
Tetradic#9D4419, #309D19, #19729D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DE94EE
Lighter +30%#D168E7
Lighter +20%#C33CE0
Lighter +10%#AC20C9
Darker −10%#601271
Darker −20%#3B0B45
Darker −30%#150419
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#9502B4
Less saturated −25%#773086

Channel breakdown

R134
G25
B157
Red134 (52.5%)
Green25 (9.8%)
Blue157 (61.6%)
Hue289.55°
Saturation (HSL)72.53%
Lightness35.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 86 · G 19 · B 9D

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