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Recognised as Colour

#9180BA

  • #9180BA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#9180BA is a violet with RGB values 145, 128, 186 and HSL 258°, 30%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#9180BA#9180BA
HEX#9180BA
RGBrgb(145, 128, 186)
RGB (0–1)0.5686, 0.502, 0.7294
RGB percentages56.9%, 50.2%, 72.9%
HSLhsl(257.6, 29.6%, 61.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(257.6, 31.2%, 72.9%)
CMYK22%, 31.2%, 0%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,535,674
CSS custom property--colour: #9180BA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25003WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness140.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6:1
Contrast with white3.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#888888
Inverted#6E7F45

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7289BCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14 from the original
Deuteranopia#7588B8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.6 from the original
Tritanopia#898995no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.5:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 22.2Steel blue · ΔE 23.6Cornflower blue · ΔE 23.7Light slate grey · ΔE 27Slate grey · ΔE 27.6Medium purple · ΔE 28.6
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 22.22, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A9BA80
Analogous#808CBA, #AE80BA
Triadic#BA9180, #80BA91
Split complementary#BAAE80, #8CBA80
Tetradic#BA808C, #A9BA80, #80BAAE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E7E3F0
Lighter +20%#CAC2DE
Lighter +10%#AEA1CC
Darker −10%#745FA8
Darker −20%#5D4B89
Darker −30%#473968
Darker −40%#302747
More saturated +25%#8768D3
Less saturated −25%#9B99A2

Channel breakdown

R145
G128
B186
Red145 (56.9%)
Green128 (50.2%)
Blue186 (72.9%)
Hue257.59°
Saturation (HSL)29.59%
Lightness61.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 91 · G 80 · B BA

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