Recognised as Colour

#8B89EC

#8B89EC
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#8B89EC is a blue with RGB values 139, 137, 236 and HSL 241°, 72%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

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HEX#8B89EC

RGBrgb(139, 137, 236)

RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.5373, 0.9255

RGB percentages54.5%, 53.7%, 92.5%

HSLhsl(241.2, 72.3%, 73.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(241.2, 41.9%, 92.5%)

CMYK41.1%, 41.9%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,144,812

CSS custom property--colour: #8B89EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29436WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness152.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.89:1

Contrast with white3.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.89:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#919191

Inverted#747613

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6597F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#6190EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.2 from the original

Tritanopia#6E9DAFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.05:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 13.5 Cornflower blue · ΔE 15.5 Dodgerblue · ΔE 20.2 Royal blue · ΔE 20.5 Slate blue · ΔE 21 Medium slateblue · ΔE 24.2

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 13.46, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EAEC89

Analogous#89B8EC, #BD89EC

Triadic#EC8B89, #89EC8B

Split complementary#ECBC89, #B9EC89

Tetradic#EC89B8, #EAEC89, #89ECBD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E1E1FA

Lighter +10%#B6B5F3

Darker −10%#605DE5

Darker −20%#3531DE

Darker −30%#221FBD

Darker −40%#1A1792

More saturated +25%#7B78FD

Less saturated −25%#9B9ADB

Channel breakdown

R139

G137

B236

Red139 (54.5%)

Green137 (53.7%)

Blue236 (92.5%)

Hue241.21°

Saturation (HSL)72.26%

Lightness73.14%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 8B · G 89 · B EC

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

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