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Recognised as Colour

#9568AB

  • #9568AB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#9568AB is a violet with RGB values 149, 104, 171 and HSL 280°, 29%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#9568AB#9568AB
HEX#9568AB
RGBrgb(149, 104, 171)
RGB (0–1)0.5843, 0.4078, 0.6706
RGB percentages58.4%, 40.8%, 67.1%
HSLhsl(280.3, 28.5%, 53.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.3, 39.2%, 67.1%)
CMYK12.9%, 39.2%, 0%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,791,659
CSS custom property--colour: #9568AB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1923WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness127.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.85:1
Contrast with white4.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.85:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#767676
Inverted#6A9754

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5C77AEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#677BA9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.9 from the original
Tritanopia#937181no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.33:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 22.5Plum · ΔE 23.6Dark slateblue · ΔE 24.5Orchid · ΔE 28.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 28.5Slate blue · ΔE 29.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 22.48, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7EAB68
Analogous#7368AB, #AB68A0
Triadic#AB9568, #68AB95
Split complementary#9FAB68, #68AB74
Tetradic#AB7468, #7EAB68, #68A0AB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1EBF4
Lighter +30%#DACAE2
Lighter +20%#C3AACF
Lighter +10%#AC89BD
Darker −10%#7B5090
Darker −20%#5F3E6F
Darker −30%#432C4E
Darker −40%#27192E
More saturated +25%#9F4BC8
Less saturated −25%#8B858E

Channel breakdown

R149
G104
B171
Red149 (58.4%)
Green104 (40.8%)
Blue171 (67.1%)
Hue280.3°
Saturation (HSL)28.51%
Lightness53.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 95 · G 68 · B AB

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