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Recognised as Colour

#891FD8

  • #891FD8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#891FD8 is a violet with RGB values 137, 31, 216 and HSL 274°, 75%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#891FD8#891FD8
HEX#891FD8
RGBrgb(137, 31, 216)
RGB (0–1)0.5373, 0.1216, 0.8471
RGB percentages53.7%, 12.2%, 84.7%
HSLhsl(274.4, 74.9%, 48.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(274.4, 85.6%, 84.7%)
CMYK36.6%, 85.6%, 0%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,986,584
CSS custom property--colour: #891FD8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11256WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness107.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.46:1
Contrast with white6.46:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#434343
Inverted#76E027

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005CDDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#005ED5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.3 from the original
Tritanopia#795781no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.46:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.25:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 3.3Dark violet · ΔE 5.7Dark orchid · ΔE 14.2Medium blue · ΔE 24.5Medium orchid · ΔE 31.1Dark blue · ΔE 32.8
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 3.29, a close match
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6ED81F
Analogous#2C1FD8, #D81FCB
Triadic#D8891F, #1FD889
Split complementary#CAD81F, #1FD82C
Tetradic#D82D1F, #6ED81F, #1FCBD8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E5CBF8
Lighter +30%#CE9FF1
Lighter +20%#B772EB
Lighter +10%#A146E4
Darker −10%#6D19AB
Darker −20%#50127F
Darker −30%#340C52
Darker −40%#180526
More saturated +25%#8E00F7
Less saturated −25%#843EB9

Channel breakdown

R137
G31
B216
Red137 (53.7%)
Green31 (12.2%)
Blue216 (84.7%)
Hue274.38°
Saturation (HSL)74.9%
Lightness48.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 89 · G 1F · B D8

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