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Recognised as Colour

#8956C8

  • #8956C8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate blue

#8956C8 is a violet with RGB values 137, 86, 200 and HSL 267°, 51%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate blue.

Colour values

#8956C8#8956C8
HEX#8956C8
RGBrgb(137, 86, 200)
RGB (0–1)0.5373, 0.3373, 0.7843
RGB percentages53.7%, 33.7%, 78.4%
HSLhsl(266.8, 50.9%, 56.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(266.8, 57%, 78.4%)
CMYK31.5%, 57%, 0%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,000,648
CSS custom property--colour: #8956C8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16144WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness120.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.97:1
Contrast with white4.97:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#696969
Inverted#76A937

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#246FCCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#396FC5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.9 from the original
Tritanopia#7D6D87no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.97:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.23:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate blue · ΔE 10.2Medium purple · ΔE 10.8Medium slateblue · ΔE 14.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 15Medium orchid · ΔE 16.9Royal blue · ΔE 22.3
Nearest named CSS colourSlate blue (#6A5ACD)ΔE 10.18, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#95C856
Analogous#565CC8, #C256C8
Triadic#C88956, #56C889
Split complementary#C8C256, #5CC856
Tetradic#C8565C, #95C856, #56C8C2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4F0FA
Lighter +30%#DAC9EE
Lighter +20%#BFA3E1
Lighter +10%#A47CD5
Darker −10%#6F3AB1
Darker −20%#572D8B
Darker −30%#3F2164
Darker −40%#27143E
More saturated +25%#863AE4
Less saturated −25%#8C72AC

Channel breakdown

R137
G86
B200
Red137 (53.7%)
Green86 (33.7%)
Blue200 (78.4%)
Hue266.84°
Saturation (HSL)50.89%
Lightness56.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 89 · G 56 · B C8

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