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Recognised as Colour

#875BCE

  • #875BCE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate blue

#875BCE is a violet with RGB values 135, 91, 206 and HSL 263°, 54%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

#875BCE#875BCE
HEX#875BCE
RGBrgb(135, 91, 206)
RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.3569, 0.8078
RGB percentages52.9%, 35.7%, 80.8%
HSLhsl(263, 54%, 58.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(263, 55.8%, 80.8%)
CMYK34.5%, 55.8%, 0%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,870,862
CSS custom property--colour: #875BCE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17089WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness123.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.75:1
Contrast with white4.75:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6D6D6D
Inverted#78A431

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2773D2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31 from the original
Deuteranopia#3772CBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.1 from the original
Tritanopia#77728Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.75:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.42:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 8.3Medium purple · ΔE 9.2Medium slateblue · ΔE 12.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 16.7Medium orchid · ΔE 18.5Royal blue · ΔE 20
Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 8.29, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A2CE5B
Analogous#5B69CE, #C05BCE
Triadic#CE875B, #5BCE87
Split complementary#CEC05B, #69CE5B
Tetradic#CE5B69, #A2CE5B, #5BCEC0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FAF8FD
Lighter +30%#DDD1F1
Lighter +20%#C0AAE5
Lighter +10%#A482DA
Darker −10%#6B39BD
Darker −20%#552D96
Darker −30%#3F216F
Darker −40%#291548
More saturated +25%#8140E9
Less saturated −25%#8D76B3

Channel breakdown

R135
G91
B206
Red135 (52.9%)
Green91 (35.7%)
Blue206 (80.8%)
Hue262.96°
Saturation (HSL)53.99%
Lightness58.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 87 · G 5B · B CE

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