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Recognised as Colour

#874EFF

  • #874EFF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#874EFF is a violet with RGB values 135, 78, 255 and HSL 259°, 100%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#874EFF#874EFF
HEX#874EFF
RGBrgb(135, 78, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.3059, 1
RGB percentages52.9%, 30.6%, 100%
HSLhsl(259.3, 100%, 65.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259.3, 69.4%, 100%)
CMYK47.1%, 69.4%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,867,583
CSS custom property--colour: #874EFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1782WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness128.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.6:1
Contrast with white4.6:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.56:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#676767
Inverted#78B100

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0078FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#0071FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35 from the original
Tritanopia#617BA1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 83.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.6:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 11.6Dark violet · ΔE 19.6Dark orchid · ΔE 20.5Medium slateblue · ΔE 25.3Medium blue · ΔE 27.6Medium orchid · ΔE 32.5
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 11.64, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C6FF4E
Analogous#4E6DFF, #E04EFF
Triadic#FF874E, #4EFF87
Split complementary#FFE04E, #6DFF4E
Tetradic#FF4E6E, #C6FF4E, #4EFFE0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EFE7FF
Lighter +20%#CCB4FF
Lighter +10%#AA81FF
Darker −10%#641BFF
Darker −20%#4A00E7
Darker −30%#3A00B4
Darker −40%#2A0081
More saturated +25%#874EFF
Less saturated −25%#8F64E9

Channel breakdown

R135
G78
B255
Red135 (52.9%)
Green78 (30.6%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue259.32°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness65.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 87 · G 4E · B FF

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