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Recognised as Colour

#893CC4

  • #893CC4
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#893CC4 is a violet with RGB values 137, 60, 196 and HSL 274°, 54%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#893CC4#893CC4
HEX#893CC4
RGBrgb(137, 60, 196)
RGB (0–1)0.5373, 0.2353, 0.7686
RGB percentages53.7%, 23.5%, 76.9%
HSLhsl(274, 53.5%, 50.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(274, 69.4%, 76.9%)
CMYK30.1%, 69.4%, 0%, 23.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,993,988
CSS custom property--colour: #893CC4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12536WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness110 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.99:1
Contrast with white5.99:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#565656
Inverted#76C33B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0061C8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#0F64C1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.7 from the original
Tritanopia#7F5B7Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.99:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.51:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 9.3Medium orchid · ΔE 15.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 19.8Slate blue · ΔE 20.5Blue violet · ΔE 21.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 9.3, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#77C43C
Analogous#453CC4, #C43CBB
Triadic#C4893C, #3CC489
Split complementary#BBC43C, #3CC445
Tetradic#C4453C, #77C43C, #3CBBC4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E8D9F3
Lighter +30%#D0B1E8
Lighter +20%#B88ADC
Lighter +10%#A163D0
Darker −10%#6E309D
Darker −20%#522476
Darker −30%#37184F
Darker −40%#1C0C28
More saturated +25%#8D1CE4
Less saturated −25%#855CA4

Channel breakdown

R137
G60
B196
Red137 (53.7%)
Green60 (23.5%)
Blue196 (76.9%)
Hue273.97°
Saturation (HSL)53.54%
Lightness50.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 89 · G 3C · B C4

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