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#875CA3 Color

#875CA3 is rgb(135, 92, 163) in RGB, hsl(276, 28%, 50%) in HSL, and about cmyk(17%, 44%, 0%, 36%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Middle Blue Purple (#8B72BE), visibly different at ΔE 10.29. White text is the more readable choice on this background.

#875CA3
HEX#875CA3
RGBrgb(135, 92, 163)
HSLhsl(276, 28%, 50%)
HSVhsv(276, 44%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(17%, 44%, 0%, 36%)
OKLCHoklch(54.9% 0.116 310.9)
LABlab(46.02% 28.28 -31.79)
LCHlch(46.02% 42.55 311.66)

What #875CA3 Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #875CA3, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Middle Blue Purple#8B72BEΔE 10.29Royal Purple#7851A9ΔE 11.08Purple Mountain Majesty#9678B6ΔE 11.97Ultra Violet#5F4B8BΔE 12.84Heather#9E7BB5ΔE 13.78Lavender Purple#967BB6ΔE 13.85

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every purple in the library.

#875CA3 Channel Values

How #875CA3 breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

ModelChannelsNotes
RGBR 135 · G 92 · B 1638-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 276° · S 28% · L 50%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 276° · S 44% · V 64%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 17% · M 44% · Y 0% · K 36%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance5.13:1 vs white · 4.09:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #875CA3 background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

TextWhite text5.13:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
Fails AABlack text4.09:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

Need a specific ratio against another background? Open #875CA3 in the contrast checker.

Colors That Go With #875CA3

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #875CA3; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

Base
#875CA3
Complementary
#78A35C
Analogous
#635CA3
Analogous
#A35C9C
Triadic
#A3875C
Triadic
#5CA387
Split comp.
#9CA35C
Split comp.
#5CA363

Tints & Shades of #875CA3

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

#9773B0
#A889BD
#B9A0CA
#C8B4D5
#D8CBE2
#E9E2EE

Shades

#744F8C
#644479
#513762
#412C4E
#2E1F37
#1E1424

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #875CA3.

How #875CA3 Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#875CA3
Protanopia#6565A3
Protanomaly#7462A3
Deuteranopia#6D6DA2
Deuteranomaly#7866A3
Tritanopia#7E6868
Tritanomaly#826484
Achromatopsia#6E6E6E

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #875CA3 in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-875ca3: #875CA3;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #875CA3;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-875ca3': '#875CA3' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.529, green: 0.361, blue: 0.639)
Android XML<color name="color_875ca3">#875CA3</color>
SVG fillfill="#875CA3"

More Purple Colors

#875CA3 sits in the purple family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

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#875CA3 Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #875CA3?

#875CA3 is a mid-tone purple — rgb(135, 92, 163) in RGB and hsl(276, 28%, 50%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Middle Blue Purple (#8B72BE), which is visibly different at a CIE76 distance of 10.29.

What is the RGB value of #875CA3?

#875CA3 is rgb(135, 92, 163) — red 135, green 92, and blue 163 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #875CA3?

#875CA3 converts to approximately cmyk(17%, 44%, 0%, 36%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #875CA3 be black or white?

White text is the more readable choice. #875CA3 scores 5.13:1 against white and 4.09:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #875CA3 as a CSS color keyword?

No. #875CA3 is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is darkslateblue (#483D8B) at a CIE76 distance of 20.37, which is visibly different.

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