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Recognised as Colour

#8925B4

  • #8925B4
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#8925B4 is a violet with RGB values 137, 37, 180 and HSL 282°, 66%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#8925B4#8925B4
HEX#8925B4
RGBrgb(137, 37, 180)
RGB (0–1)0.5373, 0.1451, 0.7059
RGB percentages53.7%, 14.5%, 70.6%
HSLhsl(282, 65.9%, 42.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(282, 79.4%, 70.6%)
CMYK23.9%, 79.4%, 0%, 29.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,988,084
CSS custom property--colour: #8925B4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09937WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness100.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.03:1
Contrast with white7.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#454545
Inverted#76DA4B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0054B8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#0C5BB1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50 from the original
Tritanopia#84486Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.03:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.99:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 8.1Dark magenta · ΔE 17.4Medium orchid · ΔE 18Indigo · ΔE 20.1Purple · ΔE 20.6Dark violet · ΔE 21
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 8.11, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#50B425
Analogous#4225B4, #B42597
Triadic#B48925, #25B489
Split complementary#97B425, #25B442
Tetradic#B44225, #50B425, #2597B4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DEB5F0
Lighter +30%#CB8BE7
Lighter +20%#B961DE
Lighter +10%#A636D6
Darker −10%#691C8A
Darker −20%#49145F
Darker −30%#280B35
Darker −40%#08020B
More saturated +25%#940ACF
Less saturated −25%#7E4099

Channel breakdown

R137
G37
B180
Red137 (53.7%)
Green37 (14.5%)
Blue180 (70.6%)
Hue281.96°
Saturation (HSL)65.9%
Lightness42.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 89 · G 25 · B B4

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