Colour

#896D9F

#896D9F
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#896D9F is a violet with RGB values 137, 109, 159 and HSL 274°, 21%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#896D9F#896D9F

HEX#896D9F

RGBrgb(137, 109, 159)

RGB (0–1)0.5373, 0.4275, 0.6235

RGB percentages53.7%, 42.7%, 62.4%

HSLhsl(273.6, 20.7%, 52.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(273.6, 31.4%, 62.4%)

CMYK13.8%, 31.4%, 0%, 37.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,006,495

CSS custom property--colour: #896D9F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18759WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness124.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.75:1

Contrast with white4.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.75:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#777777

Inverted#769260

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6477A1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#6A789Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.1 from the original

Tritanopia#87747Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.42:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 25.7 Slate grey · ΔE 26.3 Light slate grey · ΔE 26.6 Steel blue · ΔE 26.8 Dark slateblue · ΔE 27.9 Cornflower blue · ΔE 31.1

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 25.73, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#839F6D

Analogous#706D9F, #9F6D9C

Triadic#9F896D, #6D9F89

Split complementary#9C9F6D, #6D9F70

Tetradic#9F706D, #839F6D, #6D9C9F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ECE8F0

Lighter +30%#D4C9DC

Lighter +20%#BBABC7

Lighter +10%#A28CB3

Darker −10%#6F5683

Darker −20%#554264

Darker −30%#3B2E45

Darker −40%#211927

More saturated +25%#8D4FBD

Less saturated −25%#868686

Channel breakdown

R137

G109

B159

Red137 (53.7%)

Green109 (42.7%)

Blue159 (62.4%)

Hue273.6°

Saturation (HSL)20.66%

Lightness52.55%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 89 · G 6D · B 9F

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