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Recognised as Colour

#896FA2

  • #896FA2
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#896FA2 is a violet with RGB values 137, 111, 162 and HSL 271°, 22%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#896FA2#896FA2
HEX#896FA2
RGBrgb(137, 111, 162)
RGB (0–1)0.5373, 0.4353, 0.6353
RGB percentages53.7%, 43.5%, 63.5%
HSLhsl(270.6, 21.5%, 53.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270.6, 31.5%, 63.5%)
CMYK15.4%, 31.5%, 0%, 36.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,007,010
CSS custom property--colour: #896FA2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19296WCAG 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 4.86:1
Contrast with white4.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.86:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#787878
Inverted#76905D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6578A4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#6B7AA0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.7 from the original
Tritanopia#867681no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.32:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 25.4Steel blue · ΔE 26Slate grey · ΔE 26.2Light slate grey · ΔE 26.4Dark slateblue · ΔE 27.9Cornflower blue · ΔE 30
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 25.44, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#88A26F
Analogous#6F6FA2, #A26FA2
Triadic#A2896F, #6FA289
Split complementary#A2A26F, #6FA26F
Tetradic#A26F6F, #88A26F, #6FA2A2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFEBF2
Lighter +30%#D5CCDE
Lighter +20%#BCADCA
Lighter +10%#A28EB6
Darker −10%#6F5787
Darker −20%#564368
Darker −30%#3C2F49
Darker −40%#231B2A
More saturated +25%#8A51C0
Less saturated −25%#898989

Channel breakdown

R137
G111
B162
Red137 (53.7%)
Green111 (43.5%)
Blue162 (63.5%)
Hue270.59°
Saturation (HSL)21.52%
Lightness53.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 89 · G 6F · B A2

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