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Recognised as Colour

#916A9C

  • #916A9C
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#916A9C is a violet with RGB values 145, 106, 156 and HSL 287°, 20%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#916A9C#916A9C
HEX#916A9C
RGBrgb(145, 106, 156)
RGB (0–1)0.5686, 0.4157, 0.6118
RGB percentages56.9%, 41.6%, 61.2%
HSLhsl(286.8, 20.2%, 51.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(286.8, 32.1%, 61.2%)
CMYK7.1%, 32.1%, 0%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,530,012
CSS custom property--colour: #916A9C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18728WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness125.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.75:1
Contrast with white4.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.75:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#767676
Inverted#6E9563

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#64759Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#6D799Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.3 from the original
Tritanopia#91707Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.43:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 24.3Dark slateblue · ΔE 28.7Slate grey · ΔE 29Light slate grey · ΔE 29.3Steel blue · ΔE 31Pale violetred · ΔE 31.6
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 24.31, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#759C6A
Analogous#786A9C, #9C6A8E
Triadic#9C916A, #6A9C91
Split complementary#8E9C6A, #6A9C78
Tetradic#9C786A, #759C6A, #6A8E9C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EBE5ED
Lighter +30%#D5C6D9
Lighter +20%#BEA7C5
Lighter +10%#A889B0
Darker −10%#75547F
Darker −20%#594060
Darker −30%#3D2C41
Darker −40%#201723
More saturated +25%#A24BBB
Less saturated −25%#838383

Channel breakdown

R145
G106
B156
Red145 (56.9%)
Green106 (41.6%)
Blue156 (61.2%)
Hue286.8°
Saturation (HSL)20.16%
Lightness51.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 91 · G 6A · B 9C

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