Recognised as Colour

#84798D

#84798D
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Slate grey

#84798D is a violet with RGB values 132, 121, 141 and HSL 273°, 8%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

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HEX#84798D

RGBrgb(132, 121, 141)

RGB (0–1)0.5176, 0.4745, 0.5529

RGB percentages51.8%, 47.5%, 55.3%

HSLhsl(273, 8.1%, 51.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(273, 14.2%, 55.3%)

CMYK6.4%, 14.2%, 0%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,681,869

CSS custom property--colour: #84798D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20503WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness126.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.1:1

Contrast with white4.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.1:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7D7D7D

Inverted#7B8672

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#767C8Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#787D8Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.8 from the original

Tritanopia#837B80no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.12:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 10.4 Light slate grey · ΔE 11.2 Gray · ΔE 12.5 Dim grey · ΔE 14.8 Dark grey · ΔE 20.9 Rosy brown · ΔE 21.4

Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 10.43, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#828D79

Analogous#7A798D, #8D798C

Triadic#8D8479, #798D84

Split complementary#8C8D79, #798D7A

Tetradic#8D7A79, #828D79, #798C8D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#E9E7EB

Lighter +30%#D0CCD3

Lighter +20%#B7B0BC

Lighter +10%#9D95A4

Darker −10%#6A6172

Darker −20%#514A56

Darker −30%#37323B

Darker −40%#1D1B1F

More saturated +25%#875AAC

Less saturated −25%#838383

Channel breakdown

R132

G121

B141

Red132 (51.8%)

Green121 (47.5%)

Blue141 (55.3%)

Hue273°

Saturation (HSL)8.06%

Lightness51.37%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 84 · G 79 · B 8D

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