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Recognised as Colour

#882BB5

  • #882BB5
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#882BB5 is a violet with RGB values 136, 43, 181 and HSL 280°, 62%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#882BB5#882BB5
HEX#882BB5
RGBrgb(136, 43, 181)
RGB (0–1)0.5333, 0.1686, 0.7098
RGB percentages53.3%, 16.9%, 71%
HSLhsl(280.4, 61.6%, 43.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.4, 76.2%, 71%)
CMYK24.9%, 76.2%, 0%, 29%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,924,085
CSS custom property--colour: #882BB5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10298WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness101.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.86:1
Contrast with white6.86:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#494949
Inverted#77D44A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0056B9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#125CB2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.9 from the original
Tritanopia#824C6Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.86:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.06:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 9Medium orchid · ΔE 17Dark magenta · ΔE 17.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.4Indigo · ΔE 19.7Purple · ΔE 20.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 9, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#58B52B
Analogous#432BB5, #B52B9D
Triadic#B5882B, #2BB588
Split complementary#9DB52B, #2BB543
Tetradic#B5432B, #58B52B, #2B9DB5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DFBDEF
Lighter +30%#CB94E5
Lighter +20%#B76ADC
Lighter +10%#A341D2
Darker −10%#69218C
Darker −20%#4A1763
Darker −30%#2B0E39
Darker −40%#0C0410
More saturated +25%#920FD1
Less saturated −25%#7E4799

Channel breakdown

R136
G43
B181
Red136 (53.3%)
Green43 (16.9%)
Blue181 (71%)
Hue280.43°
Saturation (HSL)61.61%
Lightness43.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 88 · G 2B · B B5

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