Recognised as Colour

#997BAC

#997BAC
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#997BAC is a violet with RGB values 153, 123, 172 and HSL 277°, 23%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#997BAC#997BAC

HEX#997BAC

RGBrgb(153, 123, 172)

RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.4824, 0.6745

RGB percentages60%, 48.2%, 67.5%

HSLhsl(276.7, 22.8%, 57.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(276.7, 28.5%, 67.5%)

CMYK11%, 28.5%, 0%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,058,668

CSS custom property--colour: #997BAC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23917WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness138.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.78:1

Contrast with white3.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.78:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#858585

Inverted#668453

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7385AEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#7A87AAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.6 from the original

Tritanopia#97818Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.63:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 20.9 Light slate grey · ΔE 25.5 Slate grey · ΔE 25.8 Steel blue · ΔE 27.4 Thistle · ΔE 28.2 Rosy brown · ΔE 29.5

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 20.85, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8EAC7B

Analogous#817BAC, #AC7BA7

Triadic#AC997B, #7BAC99

Split complementary#A7AC7B, #7BAC80

Tetradic#AC807B, #8EAC7B, #7BA7AC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FAF8FB

Lighter +30%#E2D9E7

Lighter +20%#C9BAD3

Lighter +10%#B19AC0

Darker −10%#805E96

Darker −20%#654B76

Darker −30%#4B3757

Darker −40%#302338

More saturated +25%#9F60C7

Less saturated −25%#949494

Channel breakdown

R153

G123

B172

Red153 (60%)

Green123 (48.2%)

Blue172 (67.5%)

Hue276.73°

Saturation (HSL)22.79%

Lightness57.84%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 99 · G 7B · B AC

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Colour values

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