Recognised as Colour

#88409A

#88409A
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Rebecca purple

#88409A is a violet with RGB values 136, 64, 154 and HSL 288°, 41%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

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HEX#88409A

RGBrgb(136, 64, 154)

RGB (0–1)0.5333, 0.251, 0.6039

RGB percentages53.3%, 25.1%, 60.4%

HSLhsl(288, 41.3%, 42.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(288, 58.4%, 60.4%)

CMYK11.7%, 58.4%, 0%, 39.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,929,434

CSS custom property--colour: #88409A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11234WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness103.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.47:1

Contrast with white6.47:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#565656

Inverted#77BF65

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2C599Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#466198no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.4 from the original

Tritanopia#884E67no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.25:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 13.2 Purple · ΔE 17.3 Dark magenta · ΔE 19.3 Dark slateblue · ΔE 21.8 Medium purple · ΔE 22 Medium orchid · ΔE 22.7

Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 13.2, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#529A40

Analogous#5B409A, #9A407F

Triadic#9A8840, #409A88

Split complementary#7F9A40, #409A5B

Tetradic#9A5B40, #529A40, #407F9A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DEC1E5

Lighter +30%#CB9DD6

Lighter +20%#B879C7

Lighter +10%#A455B8

Darker −10%#683176

Darker −20%#482252

Darker −30%#29132E

Darker −40%#09040A

More saturated +25%#9825B5

Less saturated −25%#785B7F

Channel breakdown

R136

G64

B154

Red136 (53.3%)

Green64 (25.1%)

Blue154 (60.4%)

Hue288°

Saturation (HSL)41.28%

Lightness42.75%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 88 · G 40 · B 9A

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