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Recognised as Colour

#978BA6

  • #978BA6
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#978BA6 is a violet with RGB values 151, 139, 166 and HSL 267°, 13%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#978BA6#978BA6
HEX#978BA6
RGBrgb(151, 139, 166)
RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.5451, 0.651
RGB percentages59.2%, 54.5%, 65.1%
HSLhsl(266.7, 13.2%, 59.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(266.7, 16.3%, 65.1%)
CMYK9%, 16.3%, 0%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,931,686
CSS custom property--colour: #978BA6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27798WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness145.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.56:1
Contrast with white3.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.56:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#909090
Inverted#687459

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#878FA7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#8990A5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.9 from the original
Tritanopia#958E94no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.2:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 12.7Slate grey · ΔE 13.9Gray · ΔE 17.1Dark grey · ΔE 18.6Rosy brown · ΔE 20.9Thistle · ΔE 20.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 12.73, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9AA68B
Analogous#8B8CA6, #A58BA6
Triadic#A6978B, #8BA697
Split complementary#A6A58B, #8CA68B
Tetradic#A68B8C, #9AA68B, #8BA6A5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FEFEFF
Lighter +30%#E5E2E8
Lighter +20%#CBC5D2
Lighter +10%#B1A8BC
Darker −10%#7D6E90
Darker −20%#645873
Darker −30%#4B4256
Darker −40%#322C39
More saturated +25%#9471C0
Less saturated −25%#999999

Channel breakdown

R151
G139
B166
Red151 (59.2%)
Green139 (54.5%)
Blue166 (65.1%)
Hue266.67°
Saturation (HSL)13.17%
Lightness59.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 97 · G 8B · B A6

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