Colour

#8B6D9A

#8B6D9A
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Slate grey

#8B6D9A is a violet with RGB values 139, 109, 154 and HSL 280°, 18%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

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HEX#8B6D9A

RGBrgb(139, 109, 154)

RGB (0–1)0.5451, 0.4275, 0.6039

RGB percentages54.5%, 42.7%, 60.4%

HSLhsl(280, 18.2%, 51.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(280, 29.2%, 60.4%)

CMYK9.7%, 29.2%, 0%, 39.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,137,562

CSS custom property--colour: #8B6D9A;

Brightness & contrast

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

Perceived brightness124.3 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#749265

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#66769Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#6D7999no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.4 from the original

Tritanopia#8A727Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.6 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

Slate grey · ΔE 24.6 Light slate grey · ΔE 25 Plum · ΔE 26 Steel blue · ΔE 27.6 Gray · ΔE 28.8 Dim grey · ΔE 29.2

Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 24.63, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7C9A6D

Analogous#756D9A, #9A6D92

Triadic#9A8B6D, #6D9A8B

Split complementary#939A6D, #6D9A74

Tetradic#9A746D, #7C9A6D, #6D939A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EBE6ED

Lighter +30%#D3C7D9

Lighter +20%#BBA9C4

Lighter +10%#A38BAF

Darker −10%#70577D

Darker −20%#55425F

Darker −30%#3A2D41

Darker −40%#1F1823

More saturated +25%#954EB9

Less saturated −25%#848484

Channel breakdown

R139

G109

B154

Red139 (54.5%)

Green109 (42.7%)

Blue154 (60.4%)

Hue280°

Saturation (HSL)18.22%

Lightness51.57%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 8B · G 6D · B 9A

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Channel breakdown

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