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Recognised as Colour

#87279C

  • #87279C
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark magenta

#87279C is a violet with RGB values 135, 39, 156 and HSL 289°, 60%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark magenta.

Colour values

#87279C#87279C
HEX#87279C
RGBrgb(135, 39, 156)
RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.1529, 0.6118
RGB percentages52.9%, 15.3%, 61.2%
HSLhsl(289.2, 60%, 38.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(289.2, 75%, 61.2%)
CMYK13.5%, 75%, 0%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,857,500
CSS custom property--colour: #87279C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09002WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness95.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.5:1
Contrast with white7.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#444444
Inverted#78D863

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004E9Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#315899no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.9 from the original
Tritanopia#873F60no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.5:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.8:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark magenta · ΔE 8.9Purple · ΔE 10Rebecca purple · ΔE 13.9Medium orchid · ΔE 18.3Indigo · ΔE 18.7Dark orchid · ΔE 20.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark magenta (#8B008B)ΔE 8.89, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3C9C27
Analogous#4D279C, #9C2776
Triadic#9C8727, #279C87
Split complementary#779C27, #279C4C
Tetradic#9C4D27, #3C9C27, #27769C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DDA6E9
Lighter +30%#CD7DDF
Lighter +20%#BD55D4
Lighter +10%#AA31C5
Darker −10%#641D73
Darker −20%#40134A
Darker −30%#1D0822
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#970FB4
Less saturated −25%#773F84

Channel breakdown

R135
G39
B156
Red135 (52.9%)
Green39 (15.3%)
Blue156 (61.2%)
Hue289.23°
Saturation (HSL)60%
Lightness38.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 87 · G 27 · B 9C

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