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Recognised as Colour

#871CA0

  • #871CA0
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark magenta

#871CA0 is a violet with RGB values 135, 28, 160 and HSL 289°, 70%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark magenta.

Colour values

#871CA0#871CA0
HEX#871CA0
RGBrgb(135, 28, 160)
RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.1098, 0.6275
RGB percentages52.9%, 11%, 62.7%
HSLhsl(288.6, 70.2%, 36.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(288.6, 82.5%, 62.7%)
CMYK15.6%, 82.5%, 0%, 37.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,854,688
CSS custom property--colour: #871CA0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08519WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness94 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.77:1
Contrast with white7.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3C3C3C
Inverted#78E35F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004CA3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#25569Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.1 from the original
Tritanopia#873B60no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.77:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.7:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark magenta · ΔE 9.6Purple · ΔE 12.5Dark orchid · ΔE 15.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 17.6Indigo · ΔE 17.8Medium orchid · ΔE 18.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark magenta (#8B008B)ΔE 9.56, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#35A01C
Analogous#451CA0, #A01C77
Triadic#A0871C, #1CA087
Split complementary#77A01C, #1CA045
Tetradic#A0451C, #35A01C, #1C77A0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DE9BED
Lighter +30%#CF6FE6
Lighter +20%#C144DE
Lighter +10%#AC24CB
Darker −10%#621475
Darker −20%#3E0D49
Darker −30%#19051E
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#9604B8
Less saturated −25%#783489

Channel breakdown

R135
G28
B160
Red135 (52.9%)
Green28 (11%)
Blue160 (62.7%)
Hue288.64°
Saturation (HSL)70.21%
Lightness36.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 87 · G 1C · B A0

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