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Recognised as Colour

#866ACE

  • #866ACE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#866ACE is a violet with RGB values 134, 106, 206 and HSL 257°, 51%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#866ACE#866ACE
HEX#866ACE
RGBrgb(134, 106, 206)
RGB (0–1)0.5255, 0.4157, 0.8078
RGB percentages52.5%, 41.6%, 80.8%
HSLhsl(256.8, 50.5%, 61.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(256.8, 48.5%, 80.8%)
CMYK35%, 48.5%, 0%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,809,166
CSS custom property--colour: #866ACE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19833WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness129.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.97:1
Contrast with white4.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.97:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#777777
Inverted#799531

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#467CD2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#4B7ACCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.7 from the original
Tritanopia#757D92no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.23:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 5.1Slate blue · ΔE 11.8Medium slateblue · ΔE 18.9Royal blue · ΔE 19Rebecca purple · ΔE 21Dark slateblue · ΔE 22.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 5.09, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B2CE6A
Analogous#6A80CE, #B86ACE
Triadic#CE866A, #6ACE86
Split complementary#CEB86A, #80CE6A
Tetradic#CE6A80, #B2CE6A, #6ACEB8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E4DDF4
Lighter +20%#C4B7E7
Lighter +10%#A590DB
Darker −10%#6744C1
Darker −20%#52349E
Darker −30%#3E2778
Darker −40%#2A1B51
More saturated +25%#7B51E7
Less saturated −25%#9183B5

Channel breakdown

R134
G106
B206
Red134 (52.5%)
Green106 (41.6%)
Blue206 (80.8%)
Hue256.8°
Saturation (HSL)50.51%
Lightness61.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 86 · G 6A · B CE

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