Recognised as Colour

#917ABA

#917ABA
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#917ABA is a violet with RGB values 145, 122, 186 and HSL 262°, 32%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

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HEX#917ABA

RGBrgb(145, 122, 186)

RGB (0–1)0.5686, 0.4784, 0.7294

RGB percentages56.9%, 47.8%, 72.9%

HSLhsl(261.6, 31.7%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(261.6, 34.4%, 72.9%)

CMYK22%, 34.4%, 0%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,534,138

CSS custom property--colour: #917ABA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23484WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness137.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.7:1

Contrast with white3.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.7:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#848484

Inverted#6E8545

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6B85BDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#6F85B8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.1 from the original

Tritanopia#8A8491no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.69:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 22.2 Cornflower blue · ΔE 23.7 Medium purple · ΔE 24.5 Steel blue · ΔE 26.5 Dark slateblue · ΔE 27.6 Light slate grey · ΔE 31.2

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 22.24, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A3BA7A

Analogous#7A83BA, #B17ABA

Triadic#BA917A, #7ABA91

Split complementary#BAB17A, #83BA7A

Tetradic#BA7A83, #A3BA7A, #7ABAB1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E4DFEE

Lighter +20%#C9BDDD

Lighter +10%#AD9CCB

Darker −10%#7558A9

Darker −20%#5E4688

Darker −30%#473566

Darker −40%#2F2444

More saturated +25%#8A61D3

Less saturated −25%#9893A1

Channel breakdown

R145

G122

B186

Red145 (56.9%)

Green122 (47.8%)

Blue186 (72.9%)

Hue261.56°

Saturation (HSL)31.68%

Lightness60.39%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 91 · G 7A · B BA

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