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Colour

#885ABC

  • #885ABC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#885ABC is a violet with RGB values 136, 90, 188 and HSL 268°, 42%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#885ABC#885ABC
HEX#885ABC
RGBrgb(136, 90, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.5333, 0.3529, 0.7373
RGB percentages53.3%, 35.3%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(268.2, 42.2%, 54.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(268.2, 52.1%, 73.7%)
CMYK27.7%, 52.1%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,936,124
CSS custom property--colour: #885ABC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16177WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness119.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.96:1
Contrast with white4.96:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6B6B6B
Inverted#77A543

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3A6FBFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#4770BAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.6 from the original
Tritanopia#7F6C82no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.96:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.24:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 9.6Slate blue · ΔE 13.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 15.1Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.8Medium slateblue · ΔE 21.3Medium orchid · ΔE 21.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 9.58, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8EBC5A
Analogous#5A5DBC, #B95ABC
Triadic#BC885A, #5ABC88
Split complementary#BCB95A, #5DBC5A
Tetradic#BC5A5D, #8EBC5A, #5ABCB9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1EBF7
Lighter +30%#D6C7E8
Lighter +20%#BCA3D9
Lighter +10%#A27ECB
Darker −10%#6F42A1
Darker −20%#56337D
Darker −30%#3D2459
Darker −40%#241535
More saturated +25%#863DD9
Less saturated −25%#8A779F

Channel breakdown

R136
G90
B188
Red136 (53.3%)
Green90 (35.3%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue268.16°
Saturation (HSL)42.24%
Lightness54.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 88 · G 5A · B BC

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