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Recognised as Colour

#8772D3

  • #8772D3
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#8772D3 is a blue with RGB values 135, 114, 211 and HSL 253°, 52%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#8772D3#8772D3
HEX#8772D3
RGBrgb(135, 114, 211)
RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.4471, 0.8275
RGB percentages52.9%, 44.7%, 82.7%
HSLhsl(253, 52.4%, 63.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(253, 46%, 82.7%)
CMYK36%, 46%, 0%, 17.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,876,755
CSS custom property--colour: #8772D3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21889WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness134.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.38:1
Contrast with white3.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.38:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7D7D7D
Inverted#788D2C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5082D7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#527FD1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.7 from the original
Tritanopia#748598no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.9:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 7Slate blue · ΔE 14.6Royal blue · ΔE 19.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 21Cornflower blue · ΔE 22.7Dark slateblue · ΔE 24.1
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 7.02, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BED372
Analogous#728DD3, #B772D3
Triadic#D38772, #72D387
Split complementary#D3B772, #8ED372
Tetradic#D3728D, #BED372, #72D3B7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EAE7F7
Lighter +20%#C9C0EB
Lighter +10%#A899DF
Darker −10%#664BC7
Darker −20%#4E35AA
Darker −30%#3C2983
Darker −40%#2B1D5C
More saturated +25%#7A5BEA
Less saturated −25%#9489BC

Channel breakdown

R135
G114
B211
Red135 (52.9%)
Green114 (44.7%)
Blue211 (82.7%)
Hue252.99°
Saturation (HSL)52.43%
Lightness63.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 87 · G 72 · B D3

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