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Recognised as Colour

#997BA4

  • #997BA4
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#997BA4 is a violet with RGB values 153, 123, 164 and HSL 284°, 18%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#997BA4#997BA4
HEX#997BA4
RGBrgb(153, 123, 164)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.4824, 0.6431
RGB percentages60%, 48.2%, 64.3%
HSLhsl(283.9, 18.4%, 56.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(283.9, 25%, 64.3%)
CMYK6.7%, 25%, 0%, 35.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,058,660
CSS custom property--colour: #997BA4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23619WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness137.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.72:1
Contrast with white3.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.72:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#848484
Inverted#66845B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7684A6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#7C86A3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.4 from the original
Tritanopia#998089no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.67:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 22.5Plum · ΔE 22.5Slate grey · ΔE 22.7Rosy brown · ΔE 25.5Gray · ΔE 26.1Thistle · ΔE 26.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 22.46, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#86A47B
Analogous#847BA4, #A47B9B
Triadic#A4997B, #7BA499
Split complementary#9BA47B, #7BA484
Tetradic#A4847B, #86A47B, #7B9BA4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F6F4F7
Lighter +30%#DFD6E2
Lighter +20%#C8B7CE
Lighter +10%#B099B9
Darker −10%#80608C
Darker −20%#644B6E
Darker −30%#49374F
Darker −40%#2D2231
More saturated +25%#A65FC0
Less saturated −25%#909090

Channel breakdown

R153
G123
B164
Red153 (60%)
Green123 (48.2%)
Blue164 (64.3%)
Hue283.9°
Saturation (HSL)18.39%
Lightness56.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G 7B · B A4

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