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Recognised as Colour

#896BA5

  • #896BA5
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slateblue

#896BA5 is a violet with RGB values 137, 107, 165 and HSL 271°, 24%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#896BA5#896BA5
HEX#896BA5
RGBrgb(137, 107, 165)
RGB (0–1)0.5373, 0.4196, 0.6471
RGB percentages53.7%, 42%, 64.7%
HSLhsl(271, 24.4%, 53.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(271, 35.2%, 64.7%)
CMYK17%, 35.2%, 0%, 35.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,005,989
CSS custom property--colour: #896BA5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1855WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness124.2 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#767676
Inverted#76945A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6076A7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#6678A3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.2 from the original
Tritanopia#857380no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.3 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

Dark slateblue · ΔE 24.8Plum · ΔE 25.4Medium purple · ΔE 27.3Steel blue · ΔE 28.2Cornflower blue · ΔE 29.1Slate grey · ΔE 30.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 24.81, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#87A56B
Analogous#6C6BA5, #A56BA4
Triadic#A5896B, #6BA589
Split complementary#A4A56B, #6BA56C
Tetradic#A56C6B, #87A56B, #6BA4A5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EEEAF2
Lighter +30%#D5CADF
Lighter +20%#BCAACC
Lighter +10%#A28BB8
Darker −10%#6F5489
Darker −20%#56406A
Darker −30%#3C2D4A
Darker −40%#221A2A
More saturated +25%#8A4DC3
Less saturated −25%#888888

Channel breakdown

R137
G107
B165
Red137 (53.7%)
Green107 (42%)
Blue165 (64.7%)
Hue271.03°
Saturation (HSL)24.37%
Lightness53.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 89 · G 6B · B A5

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