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Recognised as Colour

#885FCB

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

#885FCB is a violet with RGB values 136, 95, 203 and HSL 263°, 51%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#885FCB#885FCB
HEX#885FCB
RGBrgb(136, 95, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.5333, 0.3725, 0.7961
RGB percentages53.3%, 37.3%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(262.8, 50.9%, 58.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.8, 53.2%, 79.6%)
CMYK33%, 53.2%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,937,419
CSS custom property--colour: #885FCB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1773WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness124.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.62:1
Contrast with white4.62:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.55:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#707070
Inverted#77A034

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3575CFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#4174C8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.2 from the original
Tritanopia#7A748Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.62:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 6.4Slate blue · ΔE 9.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 15.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 16.9Royal blue · ΔE 20Medium orchid · ΔE 20.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 6.44, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A2CB5F
Analogous#5F6CCB, #BE5FCB
Triadic#CB885F, #5FCB88
Split complementary#CBBE5F, #6CCB5F
Tetradic#CB5F6C, #A2CB5F, #5FCBBE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FBF9FD
Lighter +30%#DED2F1
Lighter +20%#C1ACE4
Lighter +10%#A585D8
Darker −10%#6C3DBA
Darker −20%#563094
Darker −30%#40246D
Darker −40%#291747
More saturated +25%#8244E5
Less saturated −25%#8E7AB0

Channel breakdown

R136
G95
B203
Red136 (53.3%)
Green95 (37.3%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue262.78°
Saturation (HSL)50.94%
Lightness58.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 88 · G 5F · B CB

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