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Recognised as Colour

#893FA0

  • #893FA0
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#893FA0 is a violet with RGB values 137, 63, 160 and HSL 286°, 43%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#893FA0#893FA0
HEX#893FA0
RGBrgb(137, 63, 160)
RGB (0–1)0.5373, 0.2471, 0.6275
RGB percentages53.7%, 24.7%, 62.7%
HSLhsl(285.8, 43.5%, 43.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(285.8, 60.6%, 62.7%)
CMYK14.4%, 60.6%, 0%, 37.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,994,720
CSS custom property--colour: #893FA0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11411WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness104.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.4:1
Contrast with white6.4:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#565656
Inverted#76C05F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#255AA3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#42619Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.3 from the original
Tritanopia#884F69no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.4:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.28:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 11.5Purple · ΔE 16.2Dark magenta · ΔE 17.4Medium orchid · ΔE 19.8Medium purple · ΔE 20.9Slate blue · ΔE 22
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 11.48, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#56A03F
Analogous#583FA0, #A03F87
Triadic#A0893F, #3FA089
Split complementary#87A03F, #3FA058
Tetradic#A0583F, #56A03F, #3F87A0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DFC3E8
Lighter +30%#CB9FD9
Lighter +20%#B87ACB
Lighter +10%#A456BC
Darker −10%#6A317B
Darker −20%#4A2257
Darker −30%#2B1432
Darker −40%#0C050E
More saturated +25%#9823BC
Less saturated −25%#7A5B84

Channel breakdown

R137
G63
B160
Red137 (53.7%)
Green63 (24.7%)
Blue160 (62.7%)
Hue285.77°
Saturation (HSL)43.5%
Lightness43.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 89 · G 3F · B A0

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