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Recognised as Colour

#938E9F

  • #938E9F
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#938E9F is a violet with RGB values 147, 142, 159 and HSL 258°, 8%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#938E9F#938E9F
HEX#938E9F
RGBrgb(147, 142, 159)
RGB (0–1)0.5765, 0.5569, 0.6235
RGB percentages57.6%, 55.7%, 62.4%
HSLhsl(257.6, 8.1%, 59%)
HSV / HSBhsv(257.6, 10.7%, 62.4%)
CMYK7.5%, 10.7%, 0%, 37.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,670,303
CSS custom property--colour: #938E9F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28052WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness145.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.61:1
Contrast with white3.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.61:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#909090
Inverted#6C7160

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8B90A0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#8C909Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Tritanopia#919093no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.18:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 8.9Slate grey · ΔE 10.5Gray · ΔE 11.7Dark grey · ΔE 13.5Dim grey · ΔE 18.4Rosy brown · ΔE 19.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 8.94, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9A9F8E
Analogous#8E929F, #9B8E9F
Triadic#9F938E, #8E9F93
Split complementary#9F9B8E, #929F8E
Tetradic#9F8E92, #9A9F8E, #8E9F9B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FCFCFD
Lighter +30%#E2E1E5
Lighter +20%#C8C5CE
Lighter +10%#ADAAB6
Darker −10%#797387
Darker −20%#605B6C
Darker −30%#484450
Darker −40%#2F2D34
More saturated +25%#8874B9
Less saturated −25%#979797

Channel breakdown

R147
G142
B159
Red147 (57.6%)
Green142 (55.7%)
Blue159 (62.4%)
Hue257.65°
Saturation (HSL)8.13%
Lightness59.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 93 · G 8E · B 9F

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