Recognised as Colour

#9679DE

#9679DE
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#9679DE is a violet with RGB values 150, 121, 222 and HSL 257°, 60%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

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HEX#9679DE

RGBrgb(150, 121, 222)

RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.4745, 0.8706

RGB percentages58.8%, 47.5%, 87.1%

HSLhsl(257.2, 60.5%, 67.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(257.2, 45.5%, 87.1%)

CMYK32.4%, 45.5%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,861,598

CSS custom property--colour: #9679DE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25433WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness144.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.09:1

Contrast with white3.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.09:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#868686

Inverted#698621

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#588BE2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#5D89DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.7 from the original

Tritanopia#868CA1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.45:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 5 Slate blue · ΔE 16 Medium slateblue · ΔE 20 Royal blue · ΔE 21.2 Cornflower blue · ΔE 24.3 Medium orchid · ΔE 26.1

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 4.97, a close match

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C1DE79

Analogous#798EDE, #C979DE

Triadic#DE9679, #79DE96

Split complementary#DEC979, #8FDE79

Tetradic#DE798E, #C1DE79, #79DEC9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F6F4FC

Lighter +20%#D6CBF2

Lighter +10%#B6A2E8

Darker −10%#7650D4

Darker −20%#5930C1

Darker −30%#472698

Darker −40%#341B70

More saturated +25%#8D64F3

Less saturated −25%#9F8EC9

Channel breakdown

R150

G121

B222

Red150 (58.8%)

Green121 (47.5%)

Blue222 (87.1%)

Hue257.23°

Saturation (HSL)60.48%

Lightness67.25%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 96 · G 79 · B DE

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