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Recognised as Colour

#8900DD

  • #8900DD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#8900DD is a violet with RGB values 137, 0, 221 and HSL 277°, 100%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#8900DD#8900DD
HEX#8900DD
RGBrgb(137, 0, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.5373, 0, 0.8667
RGB percentages53.7%, 0%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(277.2, 100%, 43.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(277.2, 100%, 86.7%)
CMYK38%, 100%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,978,653
CSS custom property--colour: #8900DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10539WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness105.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.76:1
Contrast with white6.76:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2D2D2D
Inverted#76FF22

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0059E2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#005BDAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.6 from the original
Tritanopia#775381no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.76:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.11:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 7.2Blue violet · ΔE 8.4Dark orchid · ΔE 21.6Medium blue · ΔE 22Blue · ΔE 31.1Fuchsia · ΔE 34.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 7.19, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#54DD00
Analogous#1A00DD, #DD00C3
Triadic#DD8900, #00DD89
Split complementary#C3DD00, #00DD1A
Tetradic#DD1A00, #54DD00, #00C3DD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DFAAFF
Lighter +30%#CB77FF
Lighter +20%#B844FF
Lighter +10%#A511FF
Darker −10%#6900AA
Darker −20%#4A0077
Darker −30%#2A0044
Darker −40%#0B0011
More saturated +25%#8900DD
Less saturated −25%#821CC1

Channel breakdown

R137
G0
B221
Red137 (53.7%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue277.19°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness43.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 89 · G 00 · B DD

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