Close to Electric Purple

#891DFC

#891DFC is a mid-tone, vivid purple, close to the color Electric Purple. In RGB it’s made of 53.7% red, 11.4% green, and 98.8% blue. Its hue is 269°, with 97% saturation and 55% lightness, so it reads as a cool color. White text sits best on top of it.

Make a palette Open in converter

Color codes

Tints, shades & tones

Tints add white, shades add black, tones add gray. Tap any one to open its page.

Tints

Shades

Tones

Color harmonies

Combinations from the color wheel, built around #891DFC.

Contrast & readability

WCAG contrast ratios for text. 4.5:1 is the minimum for body text, 3:1 for large text.

Aa

White text on this color

5.76:1 AA
Aa

Black text on this color

3.65:1 AA Large
Aa

This color as text on white

5.76:1 AA
Aa

This color as text on black

3.65:1 AA Large

How it looks with color blindness

About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women see color differently. Here’s #891DFC as they’d see it.

Typical vision#891DFC
ProtanopiaNo red cones (about 1% of men)
DeuteranopiaNo green cones (the most common, about 1% of men)
TritanopiaNo blue cones (rare)
AchromatopsiaNo color vision (very rare)

#891DFC in use

New

A headline in this color

Body text stays dark for reading; the color carries buttons, links, and accents.

Primary buttonText link →

On a dark background

Get started
Gradient to its complement

Similar colors

Questions about #891DFC

What color is #891DFC?

#891DFC is a mid-tone, vivid purple, close to the color Electric Purple. In RGB it’s made of 53.7% red, 11.4% green, and 98.8% blue. Its hue is 269°, with 97% saturation and 55% lightness, so it reads as a cool color. White text sits best on top of it.

What is #891DFC in RGB?

#891DFC is rgb(137, 29, 252): 137 red, 29 green, and 252 blue on a 0–255 scale.

What is #891DFC in CMYK?

Roughly cmyk(46, 88, 0, 1). Print results depend on paper and press, so proof it before a big print run.

What Pantone is closest to #891DFC?

PANTONE Violet C is the closest match in our list. Screen colors and ink never match perfectly; check a physical Pantone guide.

What color goes with #891DFC?

Its complement #3B7300 gives the strongest contrast. For something calmer, try its analogous neighbors, or its own tints and shades above.

Browse all named colors