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Recognised as Colour

#905CE8

  • #905CE8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium slateblue

#905CE8 is a violet with RGB values 144, 92, 232 and HSL 262°, 75%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#905CE8#905CE8
HEX#905CE8
RGBrgb(144, 92, 232)
RGB (0–1)0.5647, 0.3608, 0.9098
RGB percentages56.5%, 36.1%, 91%
HSLhsl(262.3, 75.3%, 63.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.3, 60.3%, 91%)
CMYK37.9%, 60.3%, 0%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,460,968
CSS custom property--colour: #905CE8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1941WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness131.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.88:1
Contrast with white4.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.88:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#717171
Inverted#6FA317

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#007AECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#1A78E5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.9 from the original
Tritanopia#7B7B99no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 64.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.3:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 9.7Slate blue · ΔE 16.6Dark orchid · ΔE 16.9Medium orchid · ΔE 18.4Medium purple · ΔE 19.6Blue violet · ΔE 24.1
Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 9.69, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B4E85C
Analogous#5C6EE8, #D65CE8
Triadic#E8905C, #5CE890
Split complementary#E8D65C, #6EE85C
Tetradic#E85C6E, #B4E85C, #5CE8D6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EBE2FB
Lighter +20%#CDB5F5
Lighter +10%#AE89EE
Darker −10%#722FE2
Darker −20%#5A1BC3
Darker −30%#451596
Darker −40%#300F69
More saturated +25%#8A45FF
Less saturated −25%#9673D1

Channel breakdown

R144
G92
B232
Red144 (56.5%)
Green92 (36.1%)
Blue232 (91%)
Hue262.29°
Saturation (HSL)75.27%
Lightness63.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 90 · G 5C · B E8

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