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Recognised as Colour

#9678B3

  • #9678B3
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#9678B3 is a violet with RGB values 150, 120, 179 and HSL 271°, 28%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#9678B3#9678B3
HEX#9678B3
RGBrgb(150, 120, 179)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.4706, 0.702
RGB percentages58.8%, 47.1%, 70.2%
HSLhsl(270.5, 28%, 58.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270.5, 33%, 70.2%)
CMYK16.2%, 33%, 0%, 29.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,861,299
CSS custom property--colour: #9678B3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23172WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness137.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.63:1
Contrast with white3.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.63:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#838383
Inverted#69874C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6D83B5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#7385B1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19 from the original
Tritanopia#92808Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.73:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 20.9Medium purple · ΔE 26.9Cornflower blue · ΔE 27.3Steel blue · ΔE 28Dark slateblue · ΔE 28.9Light slate grey · ΔE 30
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 20.91, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#95B378
Analogous#7978B3, #B378B2
Triadic#B39678, #78B396
Split complementary#B2B378, #78B379
Tetradic#B37978, #95B378, #78B2B3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FCFBFC
Lighter +30%#E2DAEA
Lighter +20%#C9B9D8
Lighter +10%#AF99C5
Darker −10%#7D599F
Darker −20%#63477E
Darker −30%#49355D
Darker −40%#30223D
More saturated +25%#965ECD
Less saturated −25%#969299

Channel breakdown

R150
G120
B179
Red150 (58.8%)
Green120 (47.1%)
Blue179 (70.2%)
Hue270.51°
Saturation (HSL)27.96%
Lightness58.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 96 · G 78 · B B3

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