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Recognised as Colour

#8966BE

  • #8966BE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#8966BE is a violet with RGB values 137, 102, 190 and HSL 264°, 40%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#8966BE#8966BE
HEX#8966BE
RGBrgb(137, 102, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.5373, 0.4, 0.7451
RGB percentages53.7%, 40%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(263.9, 40.4%, 57.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(263.9, 46.3%, 74.5%)
CMYK27.9%, 46.3%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,004,734
CSS custom property--colour: #8966BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18539WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness125.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.71:1
Contrast with white4.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.71:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#747474
Inverted#769941

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4C77C1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#5477BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.5 from the original
Tritanopia#7F7689no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.46:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 10.9Slate blue · ΔE 17.5Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 21Royal blue · ΔE 24.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 25.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 10.93, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9BBE66
Analogous#666FBE, #B566BE
Triadic#BE8966, #66BE89
Split complementary#BEB566, #6FBE66
Tetradic#BE666F, #9BBE66, #66BEB5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F7F5FB
Lighter +30%#DCD1EC
Lighter +20%#C0AEDC
Lighter +10%#A58ACD
Darker −10%#6F48A9
Darker −20%#573985
Darker −30%#402962
Darker −40%#281A3E
More saturated +25%#834BD9
Less saturated −25%#8F81A3

Channel breakdown

R137
G102
B190
Red137 (53.7%)
Green102 (40%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue263.86°
Saturation (HSL)40.37%
Lightness57.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 89 · G 66 · B BE

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