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Recognised as Colour

#985AA7

  • #985AA7
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#985AA7 is a violet with RGB values 152, 90, 167 and HSL 288°, 30%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#985AA7#985AA7
HEX#985AA7
RGBrgb(152, 90, 167)
RGB (0–1)0.5961, 0.3529, 0.6549
RGB percentages59.6%, 35.3%, 65.5%
HSLhsl(288.3, 30.4%, 50.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(288.3, 46.1%, 65.5%)
CMYK9%, 46.1%, 0%, 34.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,984,679
CSS custom property--colour: #985AA7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16778WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness121.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.82:1
Contrast with white4.82:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6D6D6D
Inverted#67A558

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4E6EAAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#5F74A5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.1 from the original
Tritanopia#996479no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.82:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.36:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 20.2Rebecca purple · ΔE 22.4Orchid · ΔE 22.7Dark slateblue · ΔE 23.8Slate blue · ΔE 26.8Medium orchid · ΔE 26.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 20.23, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#69A75A
Analogous#725AA7, #A75A8F
Triadic#A7985A, #5AA798
Split complementary#8FA75A, #5AA772
Tetradic#A7725A, #69A75A, #5A8FA7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EBDFEE
Lighter +30%#D6BEDC
Lighter +20%#C29DCA
Lighter +10%#AD7BB9
Darker −10%#7A4886
Darker −20%#5C3665
Darker −30%#3E2444
Darker −40%#1F1223
More saturated +25%#AB3AC7
Less saturated −25%#857A87

Channel breakdown

R152
G90
B167
Red152 (59.6%)
Green90 (35.3%)
Blue167 (65.5%)
Hue288.31°
Saturation (HSL)30.43%
Lightness50.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 98 · G 5A · B A7

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