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Recognised as Colour

#894FFD

  • #894FFD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#894FFD is a violet with RGB values 137, 79, 253 and HSL 260°, 98%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#894FFD#894FFD
HEX#894FFD
RGBrgb(137, 79, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.5373, 0.3098, 0.9922
RGB percentages53.7%, 31%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(260, 97.8%, 65.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260, 68.8%, 99.2%)
CMYK45.8%, 68.8%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,998,909
CSS custom property--colour: #894FFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18002WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness128.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.6:1
Contrast with white4.56:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.6:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#686868
Inverted#76B002

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0078FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#0072FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.7 from the original
Tritanopia#667BA0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 81.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.56:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 11.7Dark orchid · ΔE 19.3Dark violet · ΔE 19.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 24Medium blue · ΔE 28.6Medium orchid · ΔE 31
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 11.74, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C3FD4F
Analogous#4F6CFD, #E04FFD
Triadic#FD894F, #4FFD89
Split complementary#FDE04F, #6CFD4F
Tetradic#FD4F6C, #C3FD4F, #4FFDE0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EEE6FF
Lighter +20%#CDB4FE
Lighter +10%#AB81FE
Darker −10%#671DFC
Darker −20%#4E03E3
Darker −30%#3C02B1
Darker −40%#2B017F
More saturated +25%#884DFF
Less saturated −25%#9065E7

Channel breakdown

R137
G79
B253
Red137 (53.7%)
Green79 (31%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue260°
Saturation (HSL)97.75%
Lightness65.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 89 · G 4F · B FD

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