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Recognised as Colour

#8841BA

  • #8841BA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#8841BA is a violet with RGB values 136, 65, 186 and HSL 275°, 48%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#8841BA#8841BA
HEX#8841BA
RGBrgb(136, 65, 186)
RGB (0–1)0.5333, 0.2549, 0.7294
RGB percentages53.3%, 25.5%, 72.9%
HSLhsl(275.2, 48.2%, 49.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(275.2, 65.1%, 72.9%)
CMYK26.9%, 65.1%, 0%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,929,722
CSS custom property--colour: #8841BA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1256WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness109.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.98:1
Contrast with white5.98:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#595959
Inverted#77BE45

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0061BEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#2B64B7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.4 from the original
Tritanopia#805A78no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.98:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.51:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 13.4Medium orchid · ΔE 14.5Dark orchid · ΔE 16.1Slate blue · ΔE 16.8Medium purple · ΔE 19.6Dark magenta · ΔE 19.6
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 13.38, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#73BA41
Analogous#4C41BA, #BA41AF
Triadic#BA8841, #41BA88
Split complementary#AFBA41, #41BA4C
Tetradic#BA4C41, #73BA41, #41AFBA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E6D6F1
Lighter +30%#CEB0E4
Lighter +20%#B78BD6
Lighter +10%#A065C9
Darker −10%#6C3494
Darker −20%#51276E
Darker −30%#351949
Darker −40%#190C23
More saturated +25%#8D22D9
Less saturated −25%#83609B

Channel breakdown

R136
G65
B186
Red136 (53.3%)
Green65 (25.5%)
Blue186 (72.9%)
Hue275.21°
Saturation (HSL)48.21%
Lightness49.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 88 · G 41 · B BA

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