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Recognised as Colour

#917AA8

  • #917AA8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#917AA8 is a violet with RGB values 145, 122, 168 and HSL 270°, 21%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#917AA8#917AA8
HEX#917AA8
RGBrgb(145, 122, 168)
RGB (0–1)0.5686, 0.4784, 0.6588
RGB percentages56.9%, 47.8%, 65.9%
HSLhsl(270, 20.9%, 56.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270, 27.4%, 65.9%)
CMYK13.7%, 27.4%, 0%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,534,120
CSS custom property--colour: #917AA8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22766WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness135.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.55:1
Contrast with white3.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.55:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#828282
Inverted#6E8557

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7282AAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#7683A7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.2 from the original
Tritanopia#8E808Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.78:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 22.7Slate grey · ΔE 22.9Plum · ΔE 23.6Steel blue · ΔE 24.8Gray · ΔE 27.9Thistle · ΔE 28.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 22.68, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#91A87A
Analogous#7A7AA8, #A87AA8
Triadic#A8917A, #7AA891
Split complementary#A8A87A, #7AA87A
Tetradic#A87A7A, #91A87A, #7AA8A8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F7F5F9
Lighter +30%#DED6E5
Lighter +20%#C4B8D0
Lighter +10%#AB99BC
Darker −10%#775F90
Darker −20%#5E4A72
Darker −30%#453653
Darker −40%#2B2234
More saturated +25%#915FC3
Less saturated −25%#919191

Channel breakdown

R145
G122
B168
Red145 (56.9%)
Green122 (47.8%)
Blue168 (65.9%)
Hue270°
Saturation (HSL)20.91%
Lightness56.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 91 · G 7A · B A8

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