Colour

#9A7DC6

#9A7DC6
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#9A7DC6 is a violet with RGB values 154, 125, 198 and HSL 264°, 39%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

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HEX#9A7DC6

RGBrgb(154, 125, 198)

RGB (0–1)0.6039, 0.4902, 0.7765

RGB percentages60.4%, 49%, 77.6%

HSLhsl(263.8, 39%, 63.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(263.8, 36.9%, 77.6%)

CMYK22.2%, 36.9%, 0%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,124,742

CSS custom property--colour: #9A7DC6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25614WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness144 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.12:1

Contrast with white3.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.12:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#888888

Inverted#658239

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6C8AC9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#718AC4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.9 from the original

Tritanopia#928998no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.43:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 19.6 Plum · ΔE 20.8 Cornflower blue · ΔE 23.1 Dark slateblue · ΔE 28.1 Slate blue · ΔE 28.6 Orchid · ΔE 29.7

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 19.58, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A9C67D

Analogous#7D84C6, #BF7DC6

Triadic#C69A7D, #7DC69A

Split complementary#C6BF7D, #84C67D

Tetradic#C67D84, #A9C67D, #7DC6BF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EDE7F5

Lighter +20%#D1C4E5

Lighter +10%#B6A0D6

Darker −10%#7E5AB6

Darker −20%#66439A

Darker −30%#4E3476

Darker −40%#372453

More saturated +25%#9566DD

Less saturated −25%#9F94AF

Channel breakdown

R154

G125

B198

Red154 (60.4%)

Green125 (49%)

Blue198 (77.6%)

Hue263.84°

Saturation (HSL)39.04%

Lightness63.33%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 9A · G 7D · B C6

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