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Recognised as Colour

#978DAD

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

#978DAD is a violet with RGB values 151, 141, 173 and HSL 259°, 16%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#978DAD#978DAD
HEX#978DAD
RGBrgb(151, 141, 173)
RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.5529, 0.6784
RGB percentages59.2%, 55.3%, 67.8%
HSLhsl(258.8, 16.3%, 61.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(258.8, 18.5%, 67.8%)
CMYK12.7%, 18.5%, 0%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,932,205
CSS custom property--colour: #978DAD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28646WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness148 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.73:1
Contrast with white3.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.73:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#919191
Inverted#687252

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8792AEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#8892ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.1 from the original
Tritanopia#939298no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.12:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 13.9Slate grey · ΔE 15.3Gray · ΔE 19.7Dark grey · ΔE 20.5Thistle · ΔE 20.8Light steelblue · ΔE 21.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 13.93, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A3AD8D
Analogous#8D93AD, #A78DAD
Triadic#AD978D, #8DAD97
Split complementary#ADA78D, #93AD8D
Tetradic#AD8D93, #A3AD8D, #8DADA7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E8E6ED
Lighter +20%#CDC8D8
Lighter +10%#B2ABC2
Darker −10%#7C6F98
Darker −20%#64597B
Darker −30%#4C435E
Darker −40%#342E40
More saturated +25%#8E75C5
Less saturated −25%#9D9D9D

Channel breakdown

R151
G141
B173
Red151 (59.2%)
Green141 (55.3%)
Blue173 (67.8%)
Hue258.75°
Saturation (HSL)16.33%
Lightness61.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 97 · G 8D · B AD

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