Recognised as Colour

#96849E

#96849E
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Light slate grey

#96849E is a violet with RGB values 150, 132, 158 and HSL 282°, 12%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

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HEX#96849E

RGBrgb(150, 132, 158)

RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.5176, 0.6196

RGB percentages58.8%, 51.8%, 62%

HSLhsl(281.5, 11.8%, 56.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(281.5, 16.5%, 62%)

CMYK5.1%, 16.5%, 0%, 38%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,864,350

CSS custom property--colour: #96849E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25455WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness140.7 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#8A8A8A

Inverted#697B61

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#81899Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10 from the original

Deuteranopia#858B9Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.2 from the original

Tritanopia#96878Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.4 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

Light slate grey · ΔE 14.1 Slate grey · ΔE 14.7 Gray · ΔE 16.8 Rosy brown · ΔE 19.6 Dark grey · ΔE 20.1 Dim grey · ΔE 21

Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 14.14, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8C9E84

Analogous#89849E, #9E8499

Triadic#9E9684, #849E96

Split complementary#999E84, #849E89

Tetradic#9E8984, #8C9E84, #84999E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F7F6F8

Lighter +30%#DFDAE1

Lighter +20%#C7BDCB

Lighter +10%#AEA1B4

Darker −10%#7D6986

Darker −20%#625369

Darker −30%#483C4D

Darker −40%#2D2630

More saturated +25%#A169BA

Less saturated −25%#919191

Channel breakdown

R150

G132

B158

Red150 (58.8%)

Green132 (51.8%)

Blue158 (62%)

Hue281.54°

Saturation (HSL)11.82%

Lightness56.86%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 96 · G 84 · B 9E

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