Recognised as Colour

#9A7BC3

#9A7BC3
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#9A7BC3 is a violet with RGB values 154, 123, 195 and HSL 266°, 37%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

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HEX#9A7BC3

RGBrgb(154, 123, 195)

RGB (0–1)0.6039, 0.4824, 0.7647

RGB percentages60.4%, 48.2%, 76.5%

HSLhsl(265.8, 37.5%, 62.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(265.8, 36.9%, 76.5%)

CMYK21%, 36.9%, 0%, 23.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,124,227

CSS custom property--colour: #9A7BC3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24976WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness142.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6:1

Contrast with white3.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#878787

Inverted#65843C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6B88C6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#7189C1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.6 from the original

Tritanopia#938696no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.5:1WCAG large text: AA

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

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 19.9 Plum · ΔE 20.7 Cornflower blue · ΔE 24.1 Dark slateblue · ΔE 27.7 Slate blue · ΔE 28.9 Orchid · ΔE 29.4

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 19.89, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A4C37B

Analogous#7B80C3, #BE7BC3

Triadic#C39A7B, #7BC39A

Split complementary#C3BE7B, #80C37B

Tetradic#C37B80, #A4C37B, #7BC3BE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EAE4F3

Lighter +20%#D0C1E3

Lighter +10%#B59ED3

Darker −10%#7F58B3

Darker −20%#664494

Darker −30%#4E3471

Darker −40%#36244E

More saturated +25%#9763DB

Less saturated −25%#9D93AB

Channel breakdown

R154

G123

B195

Red154 (60.4%)

Green123 (48.2%)

Blue195 (76.5%)

Hue265.83°

Saturation (HSL)37.5%

Lightness62.35%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 9A · G 7B · B C3

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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