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Recognised as Colour

#9868AA

  • #9868AA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#9868AA is a violet with RGB values 152, 104, 170 and HSL 284°, 28%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#9868AA#9868AA
HEX#9868AA
RGBrgb(152, 104, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.5961, 0.4078, 0.6667
RGB percentages59.6%, 40.8%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(283.6, 28%, 53.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(283.6, 38.8%, 66.7%)
CMYK10.6%, 38.8%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,988,266
CSS custom property--colour: #9868AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19478WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness128.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.9:1
Contrast with white4.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.9:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#777777
Inverted#679755

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5E77ACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26 from the original
Deuteranopia#6A7CA8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.7 from the original
Tritanopia#987081no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.29:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 22.9Medium purple · ΔE 23.2Dark slateblue · ΔE 25.4Orchid · ΔE 27.5Rebecca purple · ΔE 29.1Slate blue · ΔE 30.9
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 22.93, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7AAA68
Analogous#7768AA, #AA689B
Triadic#AA9868, #68AA98
Split complementary#9BAA68, #68AA77
Tetradic#AA7768, #7AAA68, #689BAA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1EBF3
Lighter +30%#DBCAE1
Lighter +20%#C5A9CF
Lighter +10%#AE89BC
Darker −10%#7E508F
Darker −20%#613E6E
Darker −30%#442C4D
Darker −40%#27192D
More saturated +25%#A54AC8
Less saturated −25%#8B868D

Channel breakdown

R152
G104
B170
Red152 (59.6%)
Green104 (40.8%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue283.64°
Saturation (HSL)27.97%
Lightness53.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 98 · G 68 · B AA

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