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Recognised as Colour

#8875EB

  • #8875EB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#8875EB is a blue with RGB values 136, 117, 235 and HSL 250°, 75%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#8875EB#8875EB
HEX#8875EB
RGBrgb(136, 117, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.5333, 0.4588, 0.9216
RGB percentages53.3%, 45.9%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(249.7, 74.7%, 69%)
HSV / HSBhsv(249.7, 50.2%, 92.2%)
CMYK42.1%, 50.2%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,943,083
CSS custom property--colour: #8875EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23955WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness140.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.79:1
Contrast with white3.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.79:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#828282
Inverted#778A14

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4289EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24 from the original
Deuteranopia#4283E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.8 from the original
Tritanopia#6B8EA5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.63:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 7.5Medium slateblue · ΔE 10.5Slate blue · ΔE 10.7Royal blue · ΔE 14.6Medium orchid · ΔE 25.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 26.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 7.51, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D8EB75
Analogous#759DEB, #C375EB
Triadic#EB8875, #75EB88
Split complementary#EBC375, #9DEB75
Tetradic#EB759D, #D8EB75, #75EBC3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBFBFE
Lighter +20%#D5CEF8
Lighter +10%#AEA2F1
Darker −10%#6248E5
Darker −20%#3E20DA
Darker −30%#3119AE
Darker −40%#251381
More saturated +25%#7B61FF
Less saturated −25%#9589D7

Channel breakdown

R136
G117
B235
Red136 (53.3%)
Green117 (45.9%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue249.66°
Saturation (HSL)74.68%
Lightness69.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 88 · G 75 · B EB

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