Recognised as Colour

#998C9F

#998C9F
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Light slate grey

#998C9F is a violet with RGB values 153, 140, 159 and HSL 281°, 9%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#998C9F#998C9F

HEX#998C9F

RGBrgb(153, 140, 159)

RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.549, 0.6235

RGB percentages60%, 54.9%, 62.4%

HSLhsl(281.1, 9%, 58.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(281.1, 11.9%, 62.4%)

CMYK3.8%, 11.9%, 0%, 37.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,063,007

CSS custom property--colour: #998C9F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28032WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness146.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.61:1

Contrast with white3.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.61:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#909090

Inverted#667360

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8A90A0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#8C919Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.7 from the original

Tritanopia#998E92no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.18:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 11.8 Slate grey · ΔE 13 Gray · ΔE 13.4 Dark grey · ΔE 15.1 Rosy brown · ΔE 17.5 Dim grey · ΔE 19.5

Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 11.8, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#929F8C

Analogous#908C9F, #9F8C9C

Triadic#9F998C, #8C9F99

Split complementary#9C9F8C, #8C9F90

Tetradic#9F908C, #929F8C, #8C9C9F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FCFBFC

Lighter +30%#E3DFE5

Lighter +20%#CAC4CD

Lighter +10%#B2A8B6

Darker −10%#807187

Darker −20%#665A6B

Darker −30%#4B4250

Darker −40%#312B34

More saturated +25%#A372B9

Less saturated −25%#969696

Channel breakdown

R153

G140

B159

Red153 (60%)

Green140 (54.9%)

Blue159 (62.4%)

Hue281.05°

Saturation (HSL)9%

Lightness58.63%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 99 · G 8C · B 9F

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