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Recognised as Colour

#882ED3

  • #882ED3
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#882ED3 is a violet with RGB values 136, 46, 211 and HSL 273°, 65%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#882ED3#882ED3
HEX#882ED3
RGBrgb(136, 46, 211)
RGB (0–1)0.5333, 0.1804, 0.8275
RGB percentages53.3%, 18%, 82.7%
HSLhsl(272.7, 65.2%, 50.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(272.7, 78.2%, 82.7%)
CMYK35.5%, 78.2%, 0%, 17.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,924,883
CSS custom property--colour: #882ED3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11891WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness108.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.22:1
Contrast with white6.22:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4D4D4D
Inverted#77D12C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005FD7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41 from the original
Deuteranopia#0060D0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.6 from the original
Tritanopia#795A81no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 68.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.22:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.38:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 8.3Dark orchid · ΔE 8.3Dark violet · ΔE 11.5Medium orchid · ΔE 24.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 26.7Medium blue · ΔE 28.5
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 8.26, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#79D32E
Analogous#362ED3, #D32ECB
Triadic#D3882E, #2ED388
Split complementary#CBD32E, #2ED336
Tetradic#D3362E, #79D32E, #2ECBD3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E8D7F6
Lighter +30%#D0ACEE
Lighter +20%#B882E5
Lighter +10%#A058DC
Darker −10%#6D24AA
Darker −20%#521B80
Darker −30%#371256
Darker −40%#1C092C
More saturated +25%#8B0EF3
Less saturated −25%#854EB3

Channel breakdown

R136
G46
B211
Red136 (53.3%)
Green46 (18%)
Blue211 (82.7%)
Hue272.73°
Saturation (HSL)65.22%
Lightness50.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 88 · G 2E · B D3

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