Recognised as Colour

#987AC5

#987AC5
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#987AC5 is a violet with RGB values 152, 122, 197 and HSL 264°, 39%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#987AC5#987AC5

HEX#987AC5

RGBrgb(152, 122, 197)

RGB (0–1)0.5961, 0.4784, 0.7725

RGB percentages59.6%, 47.8%, 77.3%

HSLhsl(264, 39.3%, 62.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(264, 38.1%, 77.3%)

CMYK22.8%, 38.1%, 0%, 22.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,992,901

CSS custom property--colour: #987AC5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24626WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness141.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.93:1

Contrast with white3.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.93:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#868686

Inverted#67853A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6888C8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#6E88C3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.7 from the original

Tritanopia#908696no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.54:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 18.2 Plum · ΔE 21.8 Cornflower blue · ΔE 23.4 Dark slateblue · ΔE 26.9 Slate blue · ΔE 27.1 Orchid · ΔE 29

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 18.2, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#A7C57A

Analogous#7A82C5, #BE7AC5

Triadic#C5987A, #7AC598

Split complementary#C5BE7A, #82C57A

Tetradic#C57A81, #A7C57A, #7AC5BE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EBE5F3

Lighter +20%#CFC1E4

Lighter +10%#B49ED4

Darker −10%#7C56B6

Darker −20%#644297

Darker −30%#4C3274

Darker −40%#352350

More saturated +25%#9362DD

Less saturated −25%#9D92AD

Channel breakdown

R152

G122

B197

Red152 (59.6%)

Green122 (47.8%)

Blue197 (77.3%)

Hue264°

Saturation (HSL)39.27%

Lightness62.55%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 98 · G 7A · B C5

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