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Recognised as Colour

#968CB1

  • #968CB1
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#968CB1 is a violet with RGB values 150, 140, 177 and HSL 256°, 19%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#968CB1#968CB1
HEX#968CB1
RGBrgb(150, 140, 177)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.549, 0.6941
RGB percentages58.8%, 54.9%, 69.4%
HSLhsl(256.2, 19.2%, 62.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(256.2, 20.9%, 69.4%)
CMYK15.3%, 20.9%, 0%, 30.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,866,417
CSS custom property--colour: #968CB1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28415WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness147.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.68:1
Contrast with white3.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.68:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#919191
Inverted#69734E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8491B3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#8691B0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.3 from the original
Tritanopia#919199no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.14:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 15.8Slate grey · ΔE 17.1Thistle · ΔE 21.8Light steelblue · ΔE 22.3Gray · ΔE 22.3Steel blue · ΔE 22.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 15.83, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A7B18C
Analogous#8C94B1, #A98CB1
Triadic#B1968C, #8CB196
Split complementary#B1A98C, #95B18C
Tetradic#B18C94, #A7B18C, #8CB1A9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E9E7EF
Lighter +20%#CDC9DA
Lighter +10%#B2AAC6
Darker −10%#7A6E9C
Darker −20%#625780
Darker −30%#4B4262
Darker −40%#342E43
More saturated +25%#8B74C9
Less saturated −25%#9F9F9F

Channel breakdown

R150
G140
B177
Red150 (58.8%)
Green140 (54.9%)
Blue177 (69.4%)
Hue256.22°
Saturation (HSL)19.17%
Lightness62.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 96 · G 8C · B B1

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