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Recognised as Colour

#8903AE

  • #8903AE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#8903AE is a violet with RGB values 137, 3, 174 and HSL 287°, 97%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#8903AE#8903AE
HEX#8903AE
RGBrgb(137, 3, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.5373, 0.0118, 0.6824
RGB percentages53.7%, 1.2%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(287, 96.6%, 34.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(287, 98.3%, 68.2%)
CMYK21.3%, 98.3%, 0%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,979,374
CSS custom property--colour: #8903AE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08439WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness95.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.81:1
Contrast with white7.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2C2C2C
Inverted#76FC51

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004CB2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#0055ABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54.9 from the original
Tritanopia#863B65no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.81:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.69:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 9.6Dark violet · ΔE 17.1Dark magenta · ΔE 18.5Blue violet · ΔE 19.9Indigo · ΔE 21.8Purple · ΔE 22.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 9.64, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#28AE03
Analogous#3303AE, #AE037E
Triadic#AE8903, #03AE89
Split complementary#7DAE03, #03AE34
Tetradic#AE3403, #28AE03, #037EAE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E280FD
Lighter +30%#D64EFC
Lighter +20%#CB1CFB
Lighter +10%#B004E0
Darker −10%#62027C
Darker −20%#3A014A
Darker −30%#130018
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8B00B1
Less saturated −25%#7C1998

Channel breakdown

R137
G3
B174
Red137 (53.7%)
Green3 (1.2%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue287.02°
Saturation (HSL)96.61%
Lightness34.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 89 · G 03 · B AE

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