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Recognised as Colour

#986AFB

  • #986AFB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium slateblue

#986AFB is a violet with RGB values 152, 106, 251 and HSL 259°, 95%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#986AFB#986AFB
HEX#986AFB
RGBrgb(152, 106, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.5961, 0.4157, 0.9843
RGB percentages59.6%, 41.6%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(259, 94.8%, 70%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259, 57.8%, 98.4%)
CMYK39.4%, 57.8%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,988,859
CSS custom property--colour: #986AFB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23949WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness143.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.79:1
Contrast with white3.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.79:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7E7E7E
Inverted#679504

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0688FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#2684F8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.5 from the original
Tritanopia#7F89A9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 66.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.63:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 9.4Slate blue · ΔE 19.3Medium purple · ΔE 20.6Dark orchid · ΔE 21Medium orchid · ΔE 21.2Royal blue · ΔE 24.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 9.43, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CDFB6A
Analogous#6A84FB, #E16AFB
Triadic#FB986A, #6AFB98
Split complementary#FBE16A, #84FB6A
Tetradic#FB6A84, #CDFB6A, #6AFBE1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DDCDFE
Lighter +10%#BA9CFC
Darker −10%#7638FA
Darker −20%#5307F8
Darker −30%#4305C7
Darker −40%#320495
More saturated +25%#9766FF
Less saturated −25%#9F7DE8

Channel breakdown

R152
G106
B251
Red152 (59.6%)
Green106 (41.6%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue259.03°
Saturation (HSL)94.77%
Lightness70%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 98 · G 6A · B FB

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