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Recognised as Colour

#986BE7

  • #986BE7
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium slateblue

#986BE7 is a violet with RGB values 152, 107, 231 and HSL 262°, 72%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#986BE7#986BE7
HEX#986BE7
RGBrgb(152, 107, 231)
RGB (0–1)0.5961, 0.4196, 0.9059
RGB percentages59.6%, 42%, 90.6%
HSLhsl(261.8, 72.1%, 66.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261.8, 53.7%, 90.6%)
CMYK34.2%, 53.7%, 0%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,989,095
CSS custom property--colour: #986BE7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2296WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness140.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.59:1
Contrast with white3.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.59:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7E7E7E
Inverted#679418

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3784EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#4582E4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.6 from the original
Tritanopia#86849Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.76:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 9.6Medium purple · ΔE 9.7Slate blue · ΔE 12.5Medium orchid · ΔE 17.8Royal blue · ΔE 20.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 24.1
Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 9.58, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BAE76B
Analogous#6B7CE7, #D66BE7
Triadic#E7986B, #6BE798
Split complementary#E7D66B, #7CE76B
Tetradic#E76B7C, #BAE76B, #6BE7D6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F4EFFC
Lighter +20%#D5C3F5
Lighter +10%#B797EE
Darker −10%#793FE0
Darker −20%#5F21CB
Darker −30%#4A1A9F
Darker −40%#361373
More saturated +25%#9255FD
Less saturated −25%#9E80D1

Channel breakdown

R152
G107
B231
Red152 (59.6%)
Green107 (42%)
Blue231 (90.6%)
Hue261.77°
Saturation (HSL)72.09%
Lightness66.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 98 · G 6B · B E7

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