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Recognised as Colour

#896CFC

  • #896CFC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium slateblue

#896CFC is a blue with RGB values 137, 108, 252 and HSL 252°, 96%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#896CFC#896CFC
HEX#896CFC
RGBrgb(137, 108, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.5373, 0.4235, 0.9882
RGB percentages53.7%, 42.4%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(252.1, 96%, 70.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(252.1, 57.1%, 98.8%)
CMYK45.6%, 57.1%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,006,332
CSS custom property--colour: #896CFC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23072WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness140.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.61:1
Contrast with white3.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.61:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7D7D7D
Inverted#769303

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0087FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#0080F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.2 from the original
Tritanopia#648CAAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 70.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.74:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 6.2Slate blue · ΔE 17.3Medium purple · ΔE 20.2Royal blue · ΔE 20.9Dark orchid · ΔE 24.2Medium orchid · ΔE 24.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 6.18, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DFFC6C
Analogous#6C97FC, #D16CFC
Triadic#FC896C, #6CFC89
Split complementary#FCD16C, #97FC6C
Tetradic#FC6C97, #DFFC6C, #6CFCD1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D9D0FE
Lighter +10%#B19EFD
Darker −10%#613AFB
Darker −20%#3908FA
Darker −30%#2C04CB
Darker −40%#210399
More saturated +25%#8769FF
Less saturated −25%#947FE9

Channel breakdown

R137
G108
B252
Red137 (53.7%)
Green108 (42.4%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue252.08°
Saturation (HSL)96%
Lightness70.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 89 · G 6C · B FC

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