Colour

#906CA1

#906CA1
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#906CA1 is a violet with RGB values 144, 108, 161 and HSL 281°, 22%, 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

#906CA1#906CA1

HEX#906CA1

RGBrgb(144, 108, 161)

RGB (0–1)0.5647, 0.4235, 0.6314

RGB percentages56.5%, 42.4%, 63.1%

HSLhsl(280.8, 22%, 52.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(280.8, 32.9%, 63.1%)

CMYK10.6%, 32.9%, 0%, 36.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,464,993

CSS custom property--colour: #906CA1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19228WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness126.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.85:1

Contrast with white4.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.85:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#777777

Inverted#6F935E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6477A3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#6C7A9Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.5 from the original

Tritanopia#8F737Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.33:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 23.9 Dark slateblue · ΔE 27.7 Slate grey · ΔE 29.3 Light slate grey · ΔE 29.6 Steel blue · ΔE 29.9 Medium purple · ΔE 30

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 23.9, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7DA16C

Analogous#766CA1, #A16C97

Triadic#A1906C, #6CA190

Split complementary#98A16C, #6CA175

Tetradic#A1756C, #7DA16C, #6C98A1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EEE8F1

Lighter +30%#D6C9DD

Lighter +20%#BFAAC9

Lighter +10%#A78BB5

Darker −10%#765585

Darker −20%#5A4166

Darker −30%#3F2D47

Darker −40%#231928

More saturated +25%#9B4EBF

Less saturated −25%#878787

Channel breakdown

R144

G108

B161

Red144 (56.5%)

Green108 (42.4%)

Blue161 (63.1%)

Hue280.75°

Saturation (HSL)21.99%

Lightness52.75%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 90 · G 6C · B A1

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Colour values

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