Recognised as Colour

#8870DF

#8870DF
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#8870DF is a blue with RGB values 136, 112, 223 and HSL 253°, 63%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#8870DF#8870DF

HEX#8870DF

RGBrgb(136, 112, 223)

RGB (0–1)0.5333, 0.4392, 0.8745

RGB percentages53.3%, 43.9%, 87.5%

HSLhsl(253, 63.4%, 65.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(253, 49.8%, 87.5%)

CMYK39%, 49.8%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,941,791

CSS custom property--colour: #8870DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2215WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness136.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.43:1

Contrast with white3.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.43:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7D7D7D

Inverted#778F20

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4383E3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24 from the original

Deuteranopia#467FDCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.6 from the original

Tritanopia#71879Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.87:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 4 Slate blue · ΔE 9.8 Medium slateblue · ΔE 13.3 Royal blue · ΔE 15.9 Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.6 Medium orchid · ΔE 24.8

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 4.03, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C7DF70

Analogous#7090DF, #BF70DF

Triadic#DF8870, #70DF88

Split complementary#DFBF70, #90DF70

Tetradic#DF7090, #C7DF70, #70DFBF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F0EDFB

Lighter +20%#CDC3F2

Lighter +10%#AB9AE8

Darker −10%#6546D6

Darker −20%#4B2BBE

Darker −30%#3A2195

Darker −40%#2A186B

More saturated +25%#7C5AF5

Less saturated −25%#9486C9

Channel breakdown

R136

G112

B223

Red136 (53.3%)

Green112 (43.9%)

Blue223 (87.5%)

Hue252.97°

Saturation (HSL)63.43%

Lightness65.69%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 88 · G 70 · B DF

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