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Recognised as Colour

#870AFF

  • #870AFF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue

#870AFF is a violet with RGB values 135, 10, 255 and HSL 271°, 100%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue.

Colour values

#870AFF#870AFF
HEX#870AFF
RGBrgb(135, 10, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.0392, 1
RGB percentages52.9%, 3.9%, 100%
HSLhsl(270.6, 100%, 52%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270.6, 96.1%, 100%)
CMYK47.1%, 96.1%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,850,175
CSS custom property--colour: #870AFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12588WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness113.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.97:1
Contrast with white5.97:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#363636
Inverted#78F500

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0065FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48 from the original
Deuteranopia#0060FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.2 from the original
Tritanopia#636596no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 96 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.97:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.52:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue · ΔE 19.6Blue violet · ΔE 20.9Dark violet · ΔE 22Medium blue · ΔE 23.1Dark orchid · ΔE 35.8Fuchsia · ΔE 38.7
Nearest named CSS colourBlue (#0000FF)ΔE 19.63, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#82FF0A
Analogous#0D0AFF, #FF0AFC
Triadic#FF870A, #0AFF87
Split complementary#FCFF0A, #0AFF0D
Tetradic#FF0D0A, #82FF0A, #0AFCFF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EBD6FF
Lighter +30%#D2A3FF
Lighter +20%#B970FF
Lighter +10%#A03DFF
Darker −10%#6D00D6
Darker −20%#5300A3
Darker −30%#390070
Darker −40%#1F003D
More saturated +25%#870AFF
Less saturated −25%#8629E0

Channel breakdown

R135
G10
B255
Red135 (52.9%)
Green10 (3.9%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue270.61°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness51.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 87 · G 0A · B FF

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