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Recognised as Colour

#866E9D

  • #866E9D
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate grey

#866E9D is a violet with RGB values 134, 110, 157 and HSL 271°, 19%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

#866E9D#866E9D
HEX#866E9D
RGBrgb(134, 110, 157)
RGB (0–1)0.5255, 0.4314, 0.6157
RGB percentages52.5%, 43.1%, 61.6%
HSLhsl(270.6, 19.3%, 52.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270.6, 29.9%, 61.6%)
CMYK14.6%, 29.9%, 0%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,810,141
CSS custom property--colour: #866E9D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18655WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness123.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.73:1
Contrast with white4.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.73:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#767676
Inverted#799162

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#65779Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#6A789Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.3 from the original
Tritanopia#83747Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.44:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 24Light slate grey · ΔE 24.4Steel blue · ΔE 25.3Plum · ΔE 26.8Dark slateblue · ΔE 28.9Gray · ΔE 29.1
Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 24.05, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#859D6E
Analogous#6F6E9D, #9D6E9C
Triadic#9D866E, #6E9D86
Split complementary#9D9D6E, #6E9D6F
Tetradic#9D6F6E, #859D6E, #6E9D9D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ECE8EF
Lighter +30%#D2C9DB
Lighter +20%#B9ABC6
Lighter +10%#9F8CB2
Darker −10%#6C5781
Darker −20%#534362
Darker −30%#392E44
Darker −40%#201926
More saturated +25%#8750BB
Less saturated −25%#868686

Channel breakdown

R134
G110
B157
Red134 (52.5%)
Green110 (43.1%)
Blue157 (61.6%)
Hue270.64°
Saturation (HSL)19.34%
Lightness52.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 86 · G 6E · B 9D

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