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Recognised as Colour

#977DB9

  • #977DB9
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#977DB9 is a violet with RGB values 151, 125, 185 and HSL 266°, 30%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#977DB9#977DB9
HEX#977DB9
RGBrgb(151, 125, 185)
RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.4902, 0.7255
RGB percentages59.2%, 49%, 72.5%
HSLhsl(266, 30%, 60.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(266, 32.4%, 72.5%)
CMYK18.4%, 32.4%, 0%, 27.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,928,121
CSS custom property--colour: #977DB9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24749WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness141 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.95:1
Contrast with white3.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.95:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#878787
Inverted#688246

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7188BBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#7688B7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17 from the original
Tritanopia#928693no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.53:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 20.4Cornflower blue · ΔE 25.5Medium purple · ΔE 26.7Steel blue · ΔE 26.9Light slate grey · ΔE 29.6Dark slateblue · ΔE 29.9
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 20.41, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9FB97D
Analogous#7D81B9, #B57DB9
Triadic#B9977D, #7DB997
Split complementary#B9B57D, #81B97D
Tetradic#B97D81, #9FB97D, #7DB9B5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E7E0EF
Lighter +20%#CCBFDD
Lighter +10%#B29ECB
Darker −10%#7C5CA7
Darker −20%#644987
Darker −30%#4B3766
Darker −40%#332545
More saturated +25%#9464D2
Less saturated −25%#9A96A0

Channel breakdown

R151
G125
B185
Red151 (59.2%)
Green125 (49%)
Blue185 (72.5%)
Hue266°
Saturation (HSL)30%
Lightness60.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 97 · G 7D · B B9

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