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Recognised as Colour

#884DFF

  • #884DFF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#884DFF is a violet with RGB values 136, 77, 255 and HSL 260°, 100%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#884DFF#884DFF
HEX#884DFF
RGBrgb(136, 77, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5333, 0.302, 1
RGB percentages53.3%, 30.2%, 100%
HSLhsl(259.9, 100%, 65.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259.9, 69.8%, 100%)
CMYK46.7%, 69.8%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,932,863
CSS custom property--colour: #884DFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17762WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness128.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.61:1
Contrast with white4.61:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.55:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#666666
Inverted#77B200

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0077FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#0071FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.7 from the original
Tritanopia#637BA1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 83.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.61:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 11.2Dark violet · ΔE 19.2Dark orchid · ΔE 20.5Medium slateblue · ΔE 25.9Medium blue · ΔE 27.4Medium orchid · ΔE 32.7
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 11.21, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C4FF4D
Analogous#4D6BFF, #E14DFF
Triadic#FF884D, #4DFF88
Split complementary#FFE14D, #6BFF4D
Tetradic#FF4D6B, #C4FF4D, #4DFFE1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EEE6FF
Lighter +20%#CCB3FF
Lighter +10%#AA80FF
Darker −10%#661AFF
Darker −20%#4C00E6
Darker −30%#3B00B3
Darker −40%#2A0080
More saturated +25%#884DFF
Less saturated −25%#8F63E9

Channel breakdown

R136
G77
B255
Red136 (53.3%)
Green77 (30.2%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue259.89°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness65.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 88 · G 4D · B FF

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