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Recognised as Colour

#896F8F

  • #896F8F
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate grey

#896F8F is a violet with RGB values 137, 111, 143 and HSL 289°, 13%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

#896F8F#896F8F
HEX#896F8F
RGBrgb(137, 111, 143)
RGB (0–1)0.5373, 0.4353, 0.5608
RGB percentages53.7%, 43.5%, 56.1%
HSLhsl(288.8, 12.6%, 49.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(288.8, 22.4%, 56.1%)
CMYK4.2%, 22.4%, 0%, 43.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,006,991
CSS custom property--colour: #896F8F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1867WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness123.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.73:1
Contrast with white4.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.73:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#777777
Inverted#769070

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6C7690no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#71798Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.6 from the original
Tritanopia#8A727Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.44:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 18.9Light slate grey · ΔE 19.5Gray · ΔE 21.5Dim grey · ΔE 22Rosy brown · ΔE 24.2Steel blue · ΔE 27.7
Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 18.86, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#758F6F
Analogous#796F8F, #8F6F85
Triadic#8F896F, #6F8F89
Split complementary#858F6F, #6F8F79
Tetradic#8F796F, #758F6F, #6F858F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E7E2E8
Lighter +30%#D0C5D2
Lighter +20%#B8A8BC
Lighter +10%#A18CA5
Darker −10%#6D5972
Darker −20%#524256
Darker −30%#362C39
Darker −40%#1B161C
More saturated +25%#9D4FAF
Less saturated −25%#7F7F7F

Channel breakdown

R137
G111
B143
Red137 (53.7%)
Green111 (43.5%)
Blue143 (56.1%)
Hue288.75°
Saturation (HSL)12.6%
Lightness49.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 89 · G 6F · B 8F

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