Colour

#917DBC

#917DBC
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#917DBC is a violet with RGB values 145, 125, 188 and HSL 259°, 32%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

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HEX#917DBC

RGBrgb(145, 125, 188)

RGB (0–1)0.5686, 0.4902, 0.7373

RGB percentages56.9%, 49%, 73.7%

HSLhsl(259, 32%, 61.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(259, 33.5%, 73.7%)

CMYK22.9%, 33.5%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,534,908

CSS custom property--colour: #917DBC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24318WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness139.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.86:1

Contrast with white3.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.86:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#868686

Inverted#6E8243

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6E87BFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#7187BAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.9 from the original

Tritanopia#898794no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.58:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 22.2 Cornflower blue · ΔE 23 Steel blue · ΔE 25.4 Medium purple · ΔE 25.4 Dark slateblue · ΔE 28.6 Light slate grey · ΔE 30.1

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 22.15, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A8BC7D

Analogous#7D89BC, #B17DBC

Triadic#BC917D, #7DBC91

Split complementary#BCB17D, #89BC7D

Tetradic#BC7D89, #A8BC7D, #7DBCB1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E6E2F0

Lighter +20%#CAC0DF

Lighter +10%#AD9FCD

Darker −10%#755BAB

Darker −20%#5D488B

Darker −30%#47366A

Darker −40%#302548

More saturated +25%#8864D5

Less saturated −25%#9A96A3

Channel breakdown

R145

G125

B188

Red145 (56.9%)

Green125 (49%)

Blue188 (73.7%)

Hue259.05°

Saturation (HSL)31.98%

Lightness61.37%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 91 · G 7D · B BC

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