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Recognised as Colour

#9879DC

  • #9879DC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#9879DC is a violet with RGB values 152, 121, 220 and HSL 259°, 59%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#9879DC#9879DC
HEX#9879DC
RGBrgb(152, 121, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.5961, 0.4745, 0.8627
RGB percentages59.6%, 47.5%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(258.8, 58.6%, 66.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(258.8, 45%, 86.3%)
CMYK30.9%, 45%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,992,668
CSS custom property--colour: #9879DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25517WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness145 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.1:1
Contrast with white3.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.1:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#878787
Inverted#678623

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5A8BE0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#6089DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.7 from the original
Tritanopia#898BA0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.44:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 5.7Slate blue · ΔE 16.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 21.2Royal blue · ΔE 22.3Cornflower blue · ΔE 24.4Orchid · ΔE 25.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 5.7, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BDDC79
Analogous#798CDC, #C979DC
Triadic#DC9879, #79DC98
Split complementary#DCCA79, #8BDC79
Tetradic#DC798C, #BDDC79, #79DCC9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F5F2FC
Lighter +20%#D6CAF1
Lighter +10%#B7A1E7
Darker −10%#7951D1
Darker −20%#5D31BE
Darker −30%#492795
Darker −40%#361C6D
More saturated +25%#9064F1
Less saturated −25%#A08EC7

Channel breakdown

R152
G121
B220
Red152 (59.6%)
Green121 (47.5%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue258.79°
Saturation (HSL)58.58%
Lightness66.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 98 · G 79 · B DC

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