Colour

#882EE2

#882EE2
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#882EE2 is a violet with RGB values 136, 46, 226 and HSL 270°, 76%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

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HEX#882EE2

RGBrgb(136, 46, 226)

RGB (0–1)0.5333, 0.1804, 0.8863

RGB percentages53.3%, 18%, 88.6%

HSLhsl(270, 75.6%, 53.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(270, 79.6%, 88.6%)

CMYK39.8%, 79.6%, 0%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,924,898

CSS custom property--colour: #882EE2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12679WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness112.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.94:1

Contrast with white5.94:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4E4E4E

Inverted#77D11D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0063E7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#0062DFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.4 from the original

Tritanopia#736189no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.54:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 1.3 Dark violet · ΔE 9.3 Dark orchid · ΔE 15 Medium blue · ΔE 24.2 Medium slateblue · ΔE 30.6 Medium orchid · ΔE 31

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 1.31, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#88E22E

Analogous#2E2EE2, #E22EE2

Triadic#E2882E, #2EE288

Split complementary#E2E22E, #2EE22E

Tetradic#E22E2E, #88E22E, #2EE2E2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#EEE1FB

Lighter +30%#D5B4F5

Lighter +20%#BB88EE

Lighter +10%#A25BE8

Darker −10%#6F1BC2

Darker −20%#551595

Darker −30%#3C0F69

Darker −40%#22083C

More saturated +25%#8811FF

Less saturated −25%#884CC4

Channel breakdown

R136

G46

B226

Red136 (53.3%)

Green46 (18%)

Blue226 (88.6%)

Hue270°

Saturation (HSL)75.63%

Lightness53.33%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 88 · G 2E · B E2

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