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#875FA5 Color

#875FA5 is rgb(135, 95, 165) in RGB, hsl(274, 28%, 51%) in HSL, and about cmyk(18%, 42%, 0%, 35%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Middle Blue Purple (#8B72BE), clearly related but distinguishable side by side at ΔE 9.09. White text is the more readable choice on this background.

#875FA5
HEX#875FA5
RGBrgb(135, 95, 165)
HSLhsl(274, 28%, 51%)
HSVhsv(274, 42%, 65%)
CMYKcmyk(18%, 42%, 0%, 35%)
OKLCHoklch(55.6% 0.114 309.4)
LABlab(46.81% 26.98 -31.73)
LCHlch(46.81% 41.65 310.37)

What #875FA5 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 #875FA5, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Middle Blue Purple#8B72BEΔE 9.09Purple Mountain Majesty#9678B6ΔE 10.61Royal Purple#7851A9ΔE 11.78Lavender Purple#967BB6ΔE 12.47Heather#9E7BB5ΔE 12.6Ultra Violet#5F4B8BΔE 12.7

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

#875FA5 Channel Values

How #875FA5 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 95 · B 1658-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 274° · S 28% · L 51%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 274° · S 42% · V 65%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 18% · M 42% · Y 0% · K 35%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance4.99:1 vs white · 4.21:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #875FA5 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 text4.99:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
Fails AABlack text4.21:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

Need a specific ratio against another background? Open #875FA5 in the contrast checker.

Colors That Go With #875FA5

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #875FA5; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

Base
#875FA5
Complementary
#7DA55F
Analogous
#645FA5
Analogous
#A55FA0
Triadic
#A5875F
Triadic
#5FA587
Split comp.
#A0A55F
Split comp.
#5FA564

Tints & Shades of #875FA5

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

#9876B2
#A789BD
#B8A0CA
#C9B7D7
#DACEE3
#E9E2EE

Shades

#745190
#65467C
#523965
#3F2C4E
#2D1F37
#1D1424

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #875FA5.

How #875FA5 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#875FA5
Protanopia#6767A5
Protanomaly#7564A5
Deuteranopia#6E6EA4
Deuteranomaly#7968A5
Tritanopia#7E6B6B
Tritanomaly#826686
Achromatopsia#707070

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #875FA5 in Code

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

CSS custom property--color-875fa5: #875FA5;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #875FA5;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-875fa5': '#875FA5' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.529, green: 0.373, blue: 0.647)
Android XML<color name="color_875fa5">#875FA5</color>
SVG fillfill="#875FA5"

More Purple Colors

#875FA5 sits in the purple family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

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#875FA5 Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #875FA5?

#875FA5 is a mid-tone purple — rgb(135, 95, 165) in RGB and hsl(274, 28%, 51%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Middle Blue Purple (#8B72BE), which is clearly related but distinguishable side by side at a CIE76 distance of 9.09.

What is the RGB value of #875FA5?

#875FA5 is rgb(135, 95, 165) — red 135, green 95, and blue 165 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #875FA5?

#875FA5 converts to approximately cmyk(18%, 42%, 0%, 35%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #875FA5 be black or white?

White text is the more readable choice. #875FA5 scores 4.99:1 against white and 4.21:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #875FA5 as a CSS color keyword?

No. #875FA5 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 20.62, which is visibly different.

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