Recognised as Colour

#9678C3

#9678C3
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#9678C3 is a violet with RGB values 150, 120, 195 and HSL 264°, 38%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

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HEX#9678C3

RGBrgb(150, 120, 195)

RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.4706, 0.7647

RGB percentages58.8%, 47.1%, 76.5%

HSLhsl(264, 38.5%, 61.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(264, 38.5%, 76.5%)

CMYK23.1%, 38.5%, 0%, 23.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,861,315

CSS custom property--colour: #9678C3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23857WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness139.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.77:1

Contrast with white3.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.77:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#848484

Inverted#69873C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6686C6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#6C86C1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.7 from the original

Tritanopia#8E8494no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.64:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 18 Plum · ΔE 22.4 Cornflower blue · ΔE 23.6 Dark slateblue · ΔE 26.1 Slate blue · ΔE 26.7 Orchid · ΔE 29.1

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 18.04, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A5C378

Analogous#7880C3, #BC78C3

Triadic#C39678, #78C396

Split complementary#C3BC78, #80C378

Tetradic#C3787F, #A5C378, #78C3BC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E8E2F2

Lighter +20%#CDBFE2

Lighter +10%#B19BD3

Darker −10%#7B55B3

Darker −20%#624293

Darker −30%#4B3270

Darker −40%#33224D

More saturated +25%#9160DB

Less saturated −25%#9B90AB

Channel breakdown

R150

G120

B195

Red150 (58.8%)

Green120 (47.1%)

Blue195 (76.5%)

Hue264°

Saturation (HSL)38.46%

Lightness61.76%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 96 · G 78 · B C3

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Colour harmonies

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