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Recognised as Colour

#89799C

  • #89799C
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate grey

#89799C is a violet with RGB values 137, 121, 156 and HSL 267°, 15%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

#89799C#89799C
HEX#89799C
RGBrgb(137, 121, 156)
RGB (0–1)0.5373, 0.4745, 0.6118
RGB percentages53.7%, 47.5%, 61.2%
HSLhsl(267.4, 15%, 54.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(267.4, 22.4%, 61.2%)
CMYK12.2%, 22.4%, 0%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,009,564
CSS custom property--colour: #89799C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21393WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness130.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.28:1
Contrast with white3.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.28:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7F7F7F
Inverted#768663

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#737F9Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#76809Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.8 from the original
Tritanopia#867E85no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.98:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 16.5Light slate grey · ΔE 16.6Gray · ΔE 21.2Dim grey · ΔE 23Steel blue · ΔE 23.4Rosy brown · ΔE 25.6
Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 16.5, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8C9C79
Analogous#797B9C, #9B799C
Triadic#9C8979, #799C89
Split complementary#9C9B79, #7A9C79
Tetradic#9C797B, #8C9C79, #799C9B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F0EEF3
Lighter +30%#D6D1DD
Lighter +20%#BDB4C7
Lighter +10%#A396B2
Darker −10%#706082
Darker −20%#564A65
Darker −30%#3D3547
Darker −40%#241F2A
More saturated +25%#875CB9
Less saturated −25%#8B8B8B

Channel breakdown

R137
G121
B156
Red137 (53.7%)
Green121 (47.5%)
Blue156 (61.2%)
Hue267.43°
Saturation (HSL)15.02%
Lightness54.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 89 · G 79 · B 9C

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