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Recognised as Colour

#892EDE

  • #892EDE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#892EDE is a violet with RGB values 137, 46, 222 and HSL 271°, 73%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#892EDE#892EDE
HEX#892EDE
RGBrgb(137, 46, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.5373, 0.1804, 0.8706
RGB percentages53.7%, 18%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(271, 72.7%, 52.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(271, 79.3%, 87.1%)
CMYK38.3%, 79.3%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,990,430
CSS custom property--colour: #892EDE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12546WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness111.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.98:1
Contrast with white5.98:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4E4E4E
Inverted#76D121

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0062E3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#0062DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.2 from the original
Tritanopia#765F87no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.98:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.51:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 2.9Dark violet · ΔE 9.2Dark orchid · ΔE 12.9Medium blue · ΔE 25.4Medium orchid · ΔE 29.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 29.5
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 2.93, a close match
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#83DE2E
Analogous#312EDE, #DE2EDB
Triadic#DE892E, #2EDE89
Split complementary#DBDE2E, #2EDE31
Tetradic#DE312E, #83DE2E, #2EDBDE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ECDEFA
Lighter +30%#D4B2F3
Lighter +20%#BB86EC
Lighter +10%#A25AE5
Darker −10%#6F1EBB
Darker −20%#55178F
Darker −30%#3B1063
Darker −40%#210937
More saturated +25%#8A10FC
Less saturated −25%#884CC0

Channel breakdown

R137
G46
B222
Red137 (53.7%)
Green46 (18%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue271.02°
Saturation (HSL)72.73%
Lightness52.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 89 · G 2E · B DE

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