Recognised as Colour

#937CC1

#937CC1
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#937CC1 is a violet with RGB values 147, 124, 193 and HSL 260°, 36%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

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HEX#937CC1

RGBrgb(147, 124, 193)

RGB (0–1)0.5765, 0.4863, 0.7569

RGB percentages57.6%, 48.6%, 75.7%

HSLhsl(260, 35.8%, 62.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(260, 35.8%, 75.7%)

CMYK23.8%, 35.8%, 0%, 24.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,665,729

CSS custom property--colour: #937CC1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24469WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness140.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.89:1

Contrast with white3.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.89:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#868686

Inverted#6C833E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6B88C4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#6F87BFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.4 from the original

Tritanopia#8A8796no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.56:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 21.9 Plum · ΔE 22 Cornflower blue · ΔE 22.3 Dark slateblue · ΔE 27.5 Steel blue · ΔE 27.7 Slate blue · ΔE 30.1

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 21.91, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AAC17C

Analogous#7C88C1, #B57CC1

Triadic#C1937C, #7CC193

Split complementary#C1B67C, #88C17C

Tetradic#C17C88, #AAC17C, #7CC1B6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E9E4F2

Lighter +20%#CCC1E2

Lighter +10%#B09FD1

Darker −10%#7659B1

Darker −20%#5F4592

Darker −30%#48356F

Darker −40%#32244D

More saturated +25%#8B64D9

Less saturated −25%#9B94A9

Channel breakdown

R147

G124

B193

Red147 (57.6%)

Green124 (48.6%)

Blue193 (75.7%)

Hue260°

Saturation (HSL)35.75%

Lightness62.16%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 93 · G 7C · B C1

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