Recognised as Colour

#978AA9

#978AA9
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Light slate grey

#978AA9 is a violet with RGB values 151, 138, 169 and HSL 265°, 15%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#978AA9#978AA9

HEX#978AA9

RGBrgb(151, 138, 169)

RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.5412, 0.6627

RGB percentages59.2%, 54.1%, 66.3%

HSLhsl(265.2, 15.3%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(265.2, 18.3%, 66.3%)

CMYK10.7%, 18.3%, 0%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,931,433

CSS custom property--colour: #978AA9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27621WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness145.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.52:1

Contrast with white3.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.52:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F

Inverted#687556

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#858FAAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#878FA8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.5 from the original

Tritanopia#948E94no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.22:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 14.2 Slate grey · ΔE 15.3 Gray · ΔE 19.2 Dark grey · ΔE 20.7 Thistle · ΔE 21.3 Rosy brown · ΔE 22.4

Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 14.19, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9CA98A

Analogous#8A8CA9, #A78AA9

Triadic#A9978A, #8AA997

Split complementary#A9A78A, #8CA98A

Tetradic#A98A8C, #9CA98A, #8AA9A7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E5E2EA

Lighter +20%#CBC5D4

Lighter +10%#B1A7BF

Darker −10%#7D6D93

Darker −20%#645776

Darker −30%#4B4159

Darker −40%#322C3B

More saturated +25%#9371C2

Less saturated −25%#9A9A9A

Channel breakdown

R151

G138

B169

Red151 (59.2%)

Green138 (54.1%)

Blue169 (66.3%)

Hue265.16°

Saturation (HSL)15.27%

Lightness60.2%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 97 · G 8A · B A9

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