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Recognised as Colour

#97849E

  • #97849E
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#97849E is a violet with RGB values 151, 132, 158 and HSL 284°, 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

#97849E#97849E
HEX#97849E
RGBrgb(151, 132, 158)
RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.5176, 0.6196
RGB percentages59.2%, 51.8%, 62%
HSLhsl(283.8, 11.8%, 56.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(283.8, 16.5%, 62%)
CMYK4.4%, 16.5%, 0%, 38%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,929,886
CSS custom property--colour: #97849E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2555WCAG 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 6.11:1
Contrast with white3.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.11:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A
Inverted#687B61

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#81899Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#858B9Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.5 from the original
Tritanopia#97878Dno 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 text3.44:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 14.5Slate grey · ΔE 15.1Gray · ΔE 17Rosy brown · ΔE 19.4Dark grey · ΔE 20.2Dim grey · ΔE 21.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 14.5, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8B9E84
Analogous#8A849E, #9E8498
Triadic#9E9784, #849E97
Split complementary#989E84, #849E8A
Tetradic#9E8A84, #8B9E84, #84989E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F7F6F8
Lighter +30%#DFDAE1
Lighter +20%#C7BDCB
Lighter +10%#AFA1B4
Darker −10%#7E6986
Darker −20%#635369
Darker −30%#483C4D
Darker −40%#2D2630
More saturated +25%#A469BA
Less saturated −25%#919191

Channel breakdown

R151
G132
B158
Red151 (59.2%)
Green132 (51.8%)
Blue158 (62%)
Hue283.85°
Saturation (HSL)11.82%
Lightness56.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 97 · G 84 · B 9E

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