Recognised as Colour

#9665AB

#9665AB
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#9665AB is a violet with RGB values 150, 101, 171 and HSL 282°, 29%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

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HEX#9665AB

RGBrgb(150, 101, 171)

RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.3961, 0.6706

RGB percentages58.8%, 39.6%, 67.1%

HSLhsl(282, 29.4%, 53.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(282, 40.9%, 67.1%)

CMYK12.3%, 40.9%, 0%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,856,427

CSS custom property--colour: #9665AB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18732WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness126.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.75:1

Contrast with white4.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.75:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#747474

Inverted#699A54

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5975AEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#6579A9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.3 from the original

Tritanopia#956E80no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.42:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 21.2 Dark slateblue · ΔE 24 Plum · ΔE 24.3 Orchid · ΔE 26.4 Rebecca purple · ΔE 26.7 Slate blue · ΔE 28.6

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 21.25, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7AAB65

Analogous#7365AB, #AB659D

Triadic#AB9665, #65AB96

Split complementary#9DAB65, #65AB73

Tetradic#AB7365, #7AAB65, #659DAB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F0E9F3

Lighter +30%#DAC8E1

Lighter +20%#C3A7CF

Lighter +10%#AD86BD

Darker −10%#7C4E8F

Darker −20%#5F3C6E

Darker −30%#432A4D

Darker −40%#26182C

More saturated +25%#A247C9

Less saturated −25%#8A838D

Channel breakdown

R150

G101

B171

Red150 (58.8%)

Green101 (39.6%)

Blue171 (67.1%)

Hue282°

Saturation (HSL)29.41%

Lightness53.33%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 96 · G 65 · B AB

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