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Recognised as Colour

#873AE1

  • #873AE1
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#873AE1 is a violet with RGB values 135, 58, 225 and HSL 268°, 74%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#873AE1#873AE1
HEX#873AE1
RGBrgb(135, 58, 225)
RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.2275, 0.8824
RGB percentages52.9%, 22.7%, 88.2%
HSLhsl(267.7, 73.6%, 55.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(267.7, 74.2%, 88.2%)
CMYK40%, 74.2%, 0%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,862,433
CSS custom property--colour: #873AE1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13613WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness114.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.64:1
Contrast with white5.64:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#565656
Inverted#78C51E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0067E6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#0066DEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.3 from the original
Tritanopia#71668Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.64:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.72:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 7.1Dark orchid · ΔE 11.8Dark violet · ΔE 13.5Medium slateblue · ΔE 24.9Medium orchid · ΔE 26.7Medium blue · ΔE 27.4
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 7.13, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#94E13A
Analogous#3A40E1, #DB3AE1
Triadic#E1873A, #3AE187
Split complementary#E1DB3A, #40E13A
Tetradic#E13A40, #94E13A, #3AE1DB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3EBFC
Lighter +30%#D8BFF5
Lighter +20%#BD93EE
Lighter +10%#A266E8
Darker −10%#6D1FC9
Darker −20%#55189D
Darker −30%#3D1171
Darker −40%#250A45
More saturated +25%#851EFD
Less saturated −25%#8956C5

Channel breakdown

R135
G58
B225
Red135 (52.9%)
Green58 (22.7%)
Blue225 (88.2%)
Hue267.66°
Saturation (HSL)73.57%
Lightness55.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 87 · G 3A · B E1

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