Recognised as Colour

#974A8B

#974A8B
Magenta
Dark
Nearest: Purple

#974A8B is a magenta with RGB values 151, 74, 139 and HSL 309°, 34%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Purple.

Colour values

#974A8B#974A8B

HEX#974A8B

RGBrgb(151, 74, 139)

RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.2902, 0.5451

RGB percentages59.2%, 29%, 54.5%

HSLhsl(309.4, 34.2%, 44.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(309.4, 51%, 59.2%)

CMYK0%, 51%, 7.9%, 40.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,915,019

CSS custom property--colour: #974A8B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13341WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness110.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.72:1

Contrast with white5.72:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5F5F5F

Inverted#68B574

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#495F8Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#5F6A89no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.9 from the original

Tritanopia#9D4F64no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.67:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Purple · ΔE 26.6 Orchid · ΔE 27.1 Rebecca purple · ΔE 27.4 Dark slateblue · ΔE 28.2 Pale violetred · ΔE 28.5 Dark magenta · ΔE 29.2

Nearest named CSS colourPurple (#800080)ΔE 26.64, a distinctly different colour

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4A9756

Analogous#7C4A97, #974A65

Triadic#8B974A, #4A8B97

Split complementary#64974A, #4A977C

Tetradic#977C4A, #4A9756, #4A6597

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E4C9E0

Lighter +30%#D4A6CD

Lighter +20%#C384B9

Lighter +10%#B262A6

Darker −10%#75396B

Darker −20%#53284C

Darker −30%#30182C

Darker −40%#0E070D

More saturated +25%#B32E9E

Less saturated −25%#7B6678

Channel breakdown

R151

G74

B139

Red151 (59.2%)

Green74 (29%)

Blue139 (54.5%)

Hue309.35°

Saturation (HSL)34.22%

Lightness44.12%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 97 · G 4A · B 8B

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