Recognised as Colour

#896EC9

#896EC9
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#896EC9 is a violet with RGB values 137, 110, 201 and HSL 258°, 46%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

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HEX#896EC9

RGBrgb(137, 110, 201)

RGB (0–1)0.5373, 0.4314, 0.7882

RGB percentages53.7%, 43.1%, 78.8%

HSLhsl(257.8, 45.7%, 61%)

HSV / HSBhsv(257.8, 45.3%, 78.8%)

CMYK31.8%, 45.3%, 0%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,006,793

CSS custom property--colour: #896EC9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20687WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness131.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.14:1

Contrast with white4.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.14:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7A7A7A

Inverted#769136

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#517ECCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#567CC7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.6 from the original

Tritanopia#7B7F92no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.09:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 9.2 Slate blue · ΔE 16.7 Dark slateblue · ΔE 22.3 Royal blue · ΔE 22.5 Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.4 Cornflower blue · ΔE 23.9

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 9.18, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AEC96E

Analogous#6E81C9, #B66EC9

Triadic#C9896E, #6EC989

Split complementary#C9B66E, #81C96E

Tetradic#C96E81, #AEC96E, #6EC9B6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E4DDF3

Lighter +20%#C5B8E5

Lighter +10%#A793D7

Darker −10%#6B49BB

Darker −20%#553998

Darker −30%#402B73

Darker −40%#2C1D4E

More saturated +25%#7F55E2

Less saturated −25%#9387B0

Channel breakdown

R137

G110

B201

Red137 (53.7%)

Green110 (43.1%)

Blue201 (78.8%)

Hue257.8°

Saturation (HSL)45.73%

Lightness60.98%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 89 · G 6E · B C9

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Colour values

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