Recognised as Colour

#8955D2

#8955D2
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Slate blue

#8955D2 is a violet with RGB values 137, 85, 210 and HSL 265°, 58%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

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HEX#8955D2

RGBrgb(137, 85, 210)

RGB (0–1)0.5373, 0.3333, 0.8235

RGB percentages53.7%, 33.3%, 82.4%

HSLhsl(265, 58.1%, 57.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(265, 59.5%, 82.4%)

CMYK34.8%, 59.5%, 0%, 17.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,000,402

CSS custom property--colour: #8955D2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16469WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness122 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.89:1

Contrast with white4.89:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#696969

Inverted#76AA2D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0671D6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#2A70CFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.7 from the original

Tritanopia#796F8Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.29:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 11.3 Medium slateblue · ΔE 11.4 Medium purple · ΔE 14.4 Medium orchid · ΔE 16.4 Rebecca purple · ΔE 18.1 Dark orchid · ΔE 18.8

Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 11.35, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9ED255

Analogous#555FD2, #C855D2

Triadic#D28955, #55D289

Split complementary#D2C855, #5FD255

Tetradic#D2555F, #9ED255, #55D2C8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F9F6FD

Lighter +30%#DDCEF2

Lighter +20%#C1A6E7

Lighter +10%#A57DDD

Darker −10%#6E33C1

Darker −20%#572899

Darker −30%#401E70

Darker −40%#291348

More saturated +25%#843AED

Less saturated −25%#8E70B7

Channel breakdown

R137

G85

B210

Red137 (53.7%)

Green85 (33.3%)

Blue210 (82.4%)

Hue264.96°

Saturation (HSL)58.14%

Lightness57.84%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 89 · G 55 · B D2

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