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Recognised as Colour

#864AAA

  • #864AAA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#864AAA is a violet with RGB values 134, 74, 170 and HSL 278°, 39%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#864AAA#864AAA
HEX#864AAA
RGBrgb(134, 74, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.5255, 0.2902, 0.6667
RGB percentages52.5%, 29%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(277.5, 39.3%, 47.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(277.5, 56.5%, 66.7%)
CMYK21.2%, 56.5%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,800,938
CSS custom property--colour: #864AAA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12868WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness109 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.88:1
Contrast with white5.88:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E
Inverted#79B555

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2D62ADno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34 from the original
Deuteranopia#4266A8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.7 from the original
Tritanopia#825B73no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.88:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.57:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 11.1Medium purple · ΔE 16.1Slate blue · ΔE 17.6Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.3Medium orchid · ΔE 20.6Purple · ΔE 21.3
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 11.13, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6EAA4A
Analogous#564AAA, #AA4A9E
Triadic#AA864A, #4AAA86
Split complementary#9EAA4A, #4AAA56
Tetradic#AA564A, #6EAA4A, #4A9EAA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E3D4EC
Lighter +30%#CCB0DD
Lighter +20%#B58DCD
Lighter +10%#9E69BE
Darker −10%#6A3B86
Darker −20%#4E2B63
Darker −30%#321C3F
Darker −40%#160C1C
More saturated +25%#8E2BC8
Less saturated −25%#7E698B

Channel breakdown

R134
G74
B170
Red134 (52.5%)
Green74 (29%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue277.5°
Saturation (HSL)39.34%
Lightness47.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 86 · G 4A · B AA

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