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Recognised as Colour

#93759D

  • #93759D
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate grey

#93759D is a violet with RGB values 147, 117, 157 and HSL 285°, 17%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

#93759D#93759D
HEX#93759D
RGBrgb(147, 117, 157)
RGB (0–1)0.5765, 0.4588, 0.6157
RGB percentages57.6%, 45.9%, 61.6%
HSLhsl(285, 16.9%, 53.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(285, 25.5%, 61.6%)
CMYK6.4%, 25.5%, 0%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,663,901
CSS custom property--colour: #93759D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2136WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness131.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.27:1
Contrast with white3.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.27:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7E7E7E
Inverted#6C8A62

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#707D9Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#77809Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.2 from the original
Tritanopia#937983no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.98:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 22.4Light slate grey · ΔE 22.4Plum · ΔE 24.5Gray · ΔE 25.7Rosy brown · ΔE 25.9Dim grey · ΔE 27.2
Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 22.35, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7F9D75
Analogous#7F759D, #9D7593
Triadic#9D9375, #759D93
Split complementary#939D75, #759D7F
Tetradic#9D7F75, #7F9D75, #75939D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F0ECF2
Lighter +30%#D9CEDD
Lighter +20%#C2B1C7
Lighter +10%#AA93B2
Darker −10%#795D82
Darker −20%#5D4765
Darker −30%#423247
Darker −40%#261D29
More saturated +25%#A257BB
Less saturated −25%#898989

Channel breakdown

R147
G117
B157
Red147 (57.6%)
Green117 (45.9%)
Blue157 (61.6%)
Hue285°
Saturation (HSL)16.95%
Lightness53.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 93 · G 75 · B 9D

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