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Colour

#874AA7

  • #874AA7
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#874AA7 is a violet with RGB values 135, 74, 167 and HSL 279°, 39%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#874AA7#874AA7
HEX#874AA7
RGBrgb(135, 74, 167)
RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.2902, 0.6549
RGB percentages52.9%, 29%, 65.5%
HSLhsl(279.4, 38.6%, 47.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(279.4, 55.7%, 65.5%)
CMYK19.2%, 55.7%, 0%, 34.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,866,471
CSS custom property--colour: #874AA7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12838WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness108.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.89:1
Contrast with white5.89:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E
Inverted#78B558

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3061AAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#4566A5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.7 from the original
Tritanopia#845A71no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.89:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.57:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 12Medium purple · ΔE 17Slate blue · ΔE 19.1Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.1Purple · ΔE 21.3Medium orchid · ΔE 21.5
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 12.05, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6AA74A
Analogous#594AA7, #A74A98
Triadic#A7874A, #4AA787
Split complementary#98A74A, #4AA759
Tetradic#A7594A, #6AA74A, #4A98A7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E2D2EB
Lighter +30%#CCAFDB
Lighter +20%#B68BCC
Lighter +10%#9F68BC
Darker −10%#6A3A84
Darker −20%#4E2B60
Darker −30%#311B3D
Darker −40%#150B1A
More saturated +25%#902CC5
Less saturated −25%#7E6889

Channel breakdown

R135
G74
B167
Red135 (52.9%)
Green74 (29%)
Blue167 (65.5%)
Hue279.35°
Saturation (HSL)38.59%
Lightness47.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 87 · G 4A · B A7

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