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Recognised as Colour

#893DCF

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

#893DCF is a violet with RGB values 137, 61, 207 and HSL 271°, 60%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#893DCF#893DCF
HEX#893DCF
RGBrgb(137, 61, 207)
RGB (0–1)0.5373, 0.2392, 0.8118
RGB percentages53.7%, 23.9%, 81.2%
HSLhsl(271.2, 60.3%, 52.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(271.2, 70.5%, 81.2%)
CMYK33.8%, 70.5%, 0%, 18.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,994,255
CSS custom property--colour: #893DCF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13161WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness112.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.78:1
Contrast with white5.78:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#585858
Inverted#76C230

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0064D3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39 from the original
Deuteranopia#0065CCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.5 from the original
Tritanopia#7B6082no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 62.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.78:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.63:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 7.2Blue violet · ΔE 16.8Medium orchid · ΔE 18.5Medium slateblue · ΔE 19.8Dark violet · ΔE 19.9Slate blue · ΔE 22.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 7.24, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#83CF3D
Analogous#403DCF, #CF3DCC
Triadic#CF893D, #3DCF89
Split complementary#CCCF3D, #3DCF40
Tetradic#CF403D, #83CF3D, #3DCCCF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ECE1F7
Lighter +30%#D4B8ED
Lighter +20%#BB8FE3
Lighter +10%#A266D9
Darker −10%#6F2BAE
Darker −20%#552185
Darker −30%#3B175C
Darker −40%#210D33
More saturated +25%#8A1FED
Less saturated −25%#885BB1

Channel breakdown

R137
G61
B207
Red137 (53.7%)
Green61 (23.9%)
Blue207 (81.2%)
Hue271.23°
Saturation (HSL)60.33%
Lightness52.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 89 · G 3D · B CF

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