Recognised as Colour

#877F9D

#877F9D
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Light slate grey

#877F9D is a violet with RGB values 135, 127, 157 and HSL 256°, 13%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#877F9D#877F9D

HEX#877F9D

RGBrgb(135, 127, 157)

RGB (0–1)0.5294, 0.498, 0.6157

RGB percentages52.9%, 49.8%, 61.6%

HSLhsl(256, 13.3%, 55.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(256, 19.1%, 61.6%)

CMYK14%, 19.1%, 0%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,880,029

CSS custom property--colour: #877F9D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22764WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness133.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.55:1

Contrast with white3.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.55:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#838383

Inverted#788062

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#79839Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#7A839Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.9 from the original

Tritanopia#838389no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.78:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 12.2 Slate grey · ΔE 12.4 Gray · ΔE 17.6 Dim grey · ΔE 20.4 Steel blue · ΔE 21.9 Dark grey · ΔE 22.7

Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 12.18, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#959D7F

Analogous#7F869D, #967F9D

Triadic#9D877F, #7F9D87

Split complementary#9D967F, #869D7F

Tetradic#9D7F86, #959D7F, #7F9D96

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F3F3F5

Lighter +30%#D8D6DF

Lighter +20%#BDB9C9

Lighter +10%#A29CB3

Darker −10%#6D6584

Darker −20%#554F67

Darker −30%#3D394A

Darker −40%#26232D

More saturated +25%#7A63B9

Less saturated −25%#8E8E8E

Channel breakdown

R135

G127

B157

Red135 (52.9%)

Green127 (49.8%)

Blue157 (61.6%)

Hue256°

Saturation (HSL)13.27%

Lightness55.69%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 87 · G 7F · B 9D

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Colour values

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