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Colour

#9657AA

  • #9657AA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#9657AA is a violet with RGB values 150, 87, 170 and HSL 286°, 33%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#9657AA#9657AA
HEX#9657AA
RGBrgb(150, 87, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.3412, 0.6667
RGB percentages58.8%, 34.1%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(285.5, 32.8%, 50.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(285.5, 48.8%, 66.7%)
CMYK11.8%, 48.8%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,852,842
CSS custom property--colour: #9657AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16203WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness120.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.95:1
Contrast with white4.95:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6A6A6A
Inverted#69A855

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#486CADno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#5A72A8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34 from the original
Tritanopia#966378no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.95:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.24:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 18Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.6Orchid · ΔE 21.8Dark slateblue · ΔE 23Medium orchid · ΔE 24Slate blue · ΔE 24.1
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 18.05, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6BAA57
Analogous#6D57AA, #AA5794
Triadic#AA9657, #57AA96
Split complementary#94AA57, #57AA6D
Tetradic#AA6D57, #6BAA57, #5794AA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EBDEEF
Lighter +30%#D5BDDD
Lighter +20%#C09BCC
Lighter +10%#AB79BB
Darker −10%#794589
Darker −20%#5B3467
Darker −30%#3D2345
Darker −40%#1F1223
More saturated +25%#A637CA
Less saturated −25%#86778A

Channel breakdown

R150
G87
B170
Red150 (58.8%)
Green87 (34.1%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue285.54°
Saturation (HSL)32.81%
Lightness50.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 96 · G 57 · B AA

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