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Recognised as Colour

#875DE1

  • #875DE1
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium slateblue

#875DE1 is a violet with RGB values 135, 93, 225 and HSL 259°, 69%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#875DE1#875DE1
HEX#875DE1
RGBrgb(135, 93, 225)
RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.3647, 0.8824
RGB percentages52.9%, 36.5%, 88.2%
HSLhsl(259.1, 68.7%, 62.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259.1, 58.7%, 88.2%)
CMYK40%, 58.7%, 0%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,871,393
CSS custom property--colour: #875DE1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18416WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness127.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.68:1
Contrast with white4.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.68:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6F6F6F
Inverted#78A21E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0078E5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#1C75DEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.3 from the original
Tritanopia#707A96no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 62.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.48:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 6.8Slate blue · ΔE 11.8Medium purple · ΔE 15.6Medium orchid · ΔE 19.4Dark orchid · ΔE 20.1Royal blue · ΔE 20.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 6.79, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B7E15D
Analogous#5D75E1, #C95DE1
Triadic#E1875D, #5DE187
Split complementary#E1C95D, #75E15D
Tetradic#E15D75, #B7E15D, #5DE1C9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E7DEF9
Lighter +20%#C7B3F1
Lighter +10%#A788E9
Darker −10%#6732D9
Darker −20%#5122B6
Darker −30%#3E1A8B
Darker −40%#2B1260
More saturated +25%#7E45F9
Less saturated −25%#9075C9

Channel breakdown

R135
G93
B225
Red135 (52.9%)
Green93 (36.5%)
Blue225 (88.2%)
Hue259.09°
Saturation (HSL)68.75%
Lightness62.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 87 · G 5D · B E1

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