Recognised as Colour

#8948C1

#8948C1
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Rebecca purple

#8948C1 is a violet with RGB values 137, 72, 193 and HSL 272°, 49%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#8948C1#8948C1

HEX#8948C1

RGBrgb(137, 72, 193)

RGB (0–1)0.5373, 0.2824, 0.7569

RGB percentages53.7%, 28.2%, 75.7%

HSLhsl(272.2, 49.4%, 52%)

HSV / HSBhsv(272.2, 62.7%, 75.7%)

CMYK29%, 62.7%, 0%, 24.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,997,057

CSS custom property--colour: #8948C1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13803WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness113.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.58:1

Contrast with white5.58:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5F5F5F

Inverted#76B73E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0066C5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#2D68BEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.4 from the original

Tritanopia#7F617Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.76:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 14.2 Medium orchid · ΔE 14.5 Slate blue · ΔE 14.6 Dark orchid · ΔE 17 Medium purple · ΔE 17.3 Medium slateblue · ΔE 17.3

Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 14.24, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#80C148

Analogous#4C48C1, #C148BD

Triadic#C18948, #48C189

Split complementary#BDC148, #48C14C

Tetradic#C14C48, #80C148, #48BDC1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#EBE0F5

Lighter +30%#D3BAE8

Lighter +20%#BA94DB

Lighter +10%#A26ECE

Darker −10%#6F36A0

Darker −20%#54297A

Darker −30%#3A1C54

Darker −40%#200F2E

More saturated +25%#8B29E0

Less saturated −25%#8767A2

Channel breakdown

R137

G72

B193

Red137 (53.7%)

Green72 (28.2%)

Blue193 (75.7%)

Hue272.23°

Saturation (HSL)49.39%

Lightness51.96%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 89 · G 48 · B C1

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