Recognised as Colour

#978BAF

#978BAF
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Light slate grey

#978BAF is a violet with RGB values 151, 139, 175 and HSL 260°, 18%, 62%. 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

#978BAF#978BAF

HEX#978BAF

RGBrgb(151, 139, 175)

RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.5451, 0.6863

RGB percentages59.2%, 54.5%, 68.6%

HSLhsl(260, 18.4%, 61.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(260, 20.6%, 68.6%)

CMYK13.7%, 20.6%, 0%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,931,695

CSS custom property--colour: #978BAF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2814WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness147.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.63:1

Contrast with white3.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.63:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#909090

Inverted#687450

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8490B1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#8690AEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original

Tritanopia#939097no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.17:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 15.8 Slate grey · ΔE 17 Thistle · ΔE 21.7 Gray · ΔE 21.9 Light steelblue · ΔE 22.7 Dark grey · ΔE 22.8

Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 15.84, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A3AF8B

Analogous#8B91AF, #A98BAF

Triadic#AF978B, #8BAF97

Split complementary#AFA98B, #91AF8B

Tetradic#AF8B91, #A3AF8B, #8BAFA9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E8E6ED

Lighter +20%#CDC7D9

Lighter +10%#B2A9C4

Darker −10%#7C6D9A

Darker −20%#64577D

Darker −30%#4C425F

Darker −40%#342D41

More saturated +25%#8F73C8

Less saturated −25%#9D9D9D

Channel breakdown

R151

G139

B175

Red151 (59.2%)

Green139 (54.5%)

Blue175 (68.6%)

Hue260°

Saturation (HSL)18.37%

Lightness61.57%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 97 · G 8B · B AF

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