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Recognised as Colour

#8903BF

  • #8903BF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#8903BF is a violet with RGB values 137, 3, 191 and HSL 283°, 97%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#8903BF#8903BF
HEX#8903BF
RGBrgb(137, 3, 191)
RGB (0–1)0.5373, 0.0118, 0.749
RGB percentages53.7%, 1.2%, 74.9%
HSLhsl(282.8, 96.9%, 38%)
HSV / HSBhsv(282.8, 98.4%, 74.9%)
CMYK28.3%, 98.4%, 0%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,979,391
CSS custom property--colour: #8903BF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09145WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness98.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.42:1
Contrast with white7.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2D2D2D
Inverted#76FC40

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0050C3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#0057BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.5 from the original
Tritanopia#81446Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 63.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.42:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.83:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 8.9Dark orchid · ΔE 10Blue violet · ΔE 12.2Medium orchid · ΔE 26.9Dark magenta · ΔE 27Indigo · ΔE 27.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 8.87, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#39BF03
Analogous#2B03BF, #BF0397
Triadic#BF8903, #03BF89
Split complementary#97BF03, #03BF2B
Tetradic#BF2B03, #39BF03, #0397BF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DE91FD
Lighter +30%#CF5FFC
Lighter +20%#C02CFC
Lighter +10%#AD04F1
Darker −10%#65028D
Darker −20%#41015B
Darker −30%#1D0128
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8A00C2
Less saturated −25%#7F1BA7

Channel breakdown

R137
G3
B191
Red137 (53.7%)
Green3 (1.2%)
Blue191 (74.9%)
Hue282.77°
Saturation (HSL)96.91%
Lightness38.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 89 · G 03 · B BF

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