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#876AA4 Color

#876AA4 is rgb(135, 106, 164) in RGB, hsl(270, 24%, 53%) in HSL, and about cmyk(18%, 35%, 0%, 36%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Purple Mountain Majesty (#9678B6), clearly related but distinguishable side by side at ΔE 5.92. Black text is the more readable choice on this background.

#876AA4
HEX#876AA4
RGBrgb(135, 106, 164)
HSLhsl(270, 24%, 53%)
HSVhsv(270, 35%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(18%, 35%, 0%, 36%)
OKLCHoklch(57.5% 0.093 306.6)
LABlab(49.46% 20.68 -27.04)
LCHlch(49.46% 34.04 307.40)

What #876AA4 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 #876AA4, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Purple Mountain Majesty#9678B6ΔE 5.92Lavender Purple#967BB6ΔE 6.53Heather#9E7BB5ΔE 7.55French Lilac#86608EΔE 8.61Middle Blue Purple#8B72BEΔE 10.42Amethyst (Crayola)#64609AΔE 11.25

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

#876AA4 Channel Values

How #876AA4 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 106 · B 1648-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 270° · S 24% · L 53%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 270° · S 35% · V 64%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 18% · M 35% · Y 0% · K 36%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance4.54:1 vs white · 4.63:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #876AA4 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 text4.54:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
TextBlack text4.63:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

Need a specific ratio against another background? Open #876AA4 in the contrast checker.

Colors That Go With #876AA4

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #876AA4; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

Base
#876AA4
Complementary
#87A46A
Analogous
#6A6AA4
Analogous
#A46AA4
Triadic
#A4876A
Triadic
#6AA487
Split comp.
#A4A46A
Split comp.
#6AA46A

Tints & Shades of #876AA4

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

#967DB0
#A893BD
#B8A6C9
#C9BDD6
#D9D0E2
#EBE6EF

Shades

#755991
#634C7B
#523E65
#40304F
#2E2339
#1C1523

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #876AA4.

How #876AA4 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#876AA4
Protanopia#7070A4
Protanomaly#7A6DA4
Deuteranopia#7575A3
Deuteranomaly#7C71A4
Tritanopia#7F7373
Tritanomaly#82708A
Achromatopsia#767676

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #876AA4 in Code

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

CSS custom property--color-876aa4: #876AA4;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #876AA4;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-876aa4': '#876AA4' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.529, green: 0.416, blue: 0.643)
Android XML<color name="color_876aa4">#876AA4</color>
SVG fillfill="#876AA4"

More Purple Colors

#876AA4 sits in the purple family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

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#876AA4 Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #876AA4?

#876AA4 is a mid-tone purple — rgb(135, 106, 164) in RGB and hsl(270, 24%, 53%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Purple Mountain Majesty (#9678B6), which is clearly related but distinguishable side by side at a CIE76 distance of 5.92.

What is the RGB value of #876AA4?

#876AA4 is rgb(135, 106, 164) — red 135, green 106, and blue 164 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #876AA4?

#876AA4 converts to approximately cmyk(18%, 35%, 0%, 36%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #876AA4 be black or white?

Black text is the more readable choice. #876AA4 scores 4.54:1 against white and 4.63:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #876AA4 as a CSS color keyword?

No. #876AA4 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 24.8, which is visibly different.

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