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Recognised as Colour

#874DE6

  • #874DE6
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#874DE6 is a violet with RGB values 135, 77, 230 and HSL 263°, 75%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#874DE6#874DE6
HEX#874DE6
RGBrgb(135, 77, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.302, 0.902
RGB percentages52.9%, 30.2%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(262.7, 75.4%, 60.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.7, 66.5%, 90.2%)
CMYK41.3%, 66.5%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,867,302
CSS custom property--colour: #874DE6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16172WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness122.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.96:1
Contrast with white4.96:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#646464
Inverted#78B219

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0071EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#006EE3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.8 from the original
Tritanopia#6E7293no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 70.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.96:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.23:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 13.3Blue violet · ΔE 15.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 16.1Dark violet · ΔE 21.8Medium orchid · ΔE 22.6Slate blue · ΔE 22.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 13.26, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ACE64D
Analogous#4D5FE6, #D44DE6
Triadic#E6874D, #4DE687
Split complementary#E6D44D, #5FE64D
Tetradic#E64D5F, #ACE64D, #4DE6D3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E1D3F9
Lighter +20%#C3A6F3
Lighter +10%#A57AEC
Darker −10%#6920E0
Darker −20%#5419B4
Darker −30%#3F1387
Darker −40%#2A0D5A
More saturated +25%#8134FF
Less saturated −25%#8D66CD

Channel breakdown

R135
G77
B230
Red135 (52.9%)
Green77 (30.2%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue262.75°
Saturation (HSL)75.37%
Lightness60.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 87 · G 4D · B E6

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