Recognised as Colour

#9784BF

#9784BF
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#9784BF is a violet with RGB values 151, 132, 191 and HSL 259°, 32%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#9784BF#9784BF

HEX#9784BF

RGBrgb(151, 132, 191)

RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.5176, 0.749

RGB percentages59.2%, 51.8%, 74.9%

HSLhsl(259.3, 31.6%, 63.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(259.3, 30.9%, 74.9%)

CMYK20.9%, 30.9%, 0%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,929,919

CSS custom property--colour: #9784BF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26843WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness145.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.37:1

Contrast with white3.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.37:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8C8C8C

Inverted#687B40

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#778EC1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#7A8DBDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.5 from the original

Tritanopia#908D99no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.3:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 20.5 Cornflower blue · ΔE 23.6 Steel blue · ΔE 24.7 Light slate grey · ΔE 27.8 Medium purple · ΔE 28.2 Slate grey · ΔE 28.5

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 20.51, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#ACBF84

Analogous#848EBF, #B484BF

Triadic#BF9784, #84BF97

Split complementary#BFB484, #8EBF84

Tetradic#BF848E, #ACBF84, #84BFB5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#ECE9F3

Lighter +20%#D0C7E2

Lighter +10%#B3A6D0

Darker −10%#7B62AE

Darker −20%#624C91

Darker −30%#4B3A70

Darker −40%#35294E

More saturated +25%#8F6DD6

Less saturated −25%#9F9BA8

Channel breakdown

R151

G132

B191

Red151 (59.2%)

Green132 (51.8%)

Blue191 (74.9%)

Hue259.32°

Saturation (HSL)31.55%

Lightness63.33%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 97 · G 84 · B BF

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