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Recognised as Colour

#893BAF

  • #893BAF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#893BAF is a violet with RGB values 137, 59, 175 and HSL 280°, 50%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#893BAF#893BAF
HEX#893BAF
RGBrgb(137, 59, 175)
RGB (0–1)0.5373, 0.2314, 0.6863
RGB percentages53.7%, 23.1%, 68.6%
HSLhsl(280.3, 49.6%, 45.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.3, 66.3%, 68.6%)
CMYK21.7%, 66.3%, 0%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,993,711
CSS custom property--colour: #893BAF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11541WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness105.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.35:1
Contrast with white6.35:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#545454
Inverted#76C450

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005BB2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#3261ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.3 from the original
Tritanopia#855270no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.35:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.31:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 11.9Medium orchid · ΔE 14.9Dark magenta · ΔE 16Purple · ΔE 17.1Dark orchid · ΔE 18.1Slate blue · ΔE 19.4
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 11.91, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#61AF3B
Analogous#4F3BAF, #AF3B9B
Triadic#AF893B, #3BAF89
Split complementary#9BAF3B, #3BAF4F
Tetradic#AF4F3B, #61AF3B, #3B9BAF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E1C9ED
Lighter +30%#CCA3E0
Lighter +20%#B77DD3
Lighter +10%#A257C6
Darker −10%#6B2E89
Darker −20%#4D2163
Darker −30%#2F143D
Darker −40%#120816
More saturated +25%#931ECC
Less saturated −25%#7F5892

Channel breakdown

R137
G59
B175
Red137 (53.7%)
Green59 (23.1%)
Blue175 (68.6%)
Hue280.34°
Saturation (HSL)49.57%
Lightness45.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 89 · G 3B · B AF

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