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Recognised as Colour

#9A87BF

  • #9A87BF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#9A87BF is a violet with RGB values 154, 135, 191 and HSL 260°, 30%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#9A87BF#9A87BF
HEX#9A87BF
RGBrgb(154, 135, 191)
RGB (0–1)0.6039, 0.5294, 0.749
RGB percentages60.4%, 52.9%, 74.9%
HSLhsl(260.4, 30.4%, 63.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.4, 29.3%, 74.9%)
CMYK19.4%, 29.3%, 0%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,127,295
CSS custom property--colour: #9A87BF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2796WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness148.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.59:1
Contrast with white3.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.59:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F
Inverted#657840

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7B90C1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#7E90BDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.3 from the original
Tritanopia#94909Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.19:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 19.9Steel blue · ΔE 24.6Cornflower blue · ΔE 24.7Light slate grey · ΔE 26.3Slate grey · ΔE 27.2Thistle · ΔE 27.2
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 19.9, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ACBF87
Analogous#8790BF, #B687BF
Triadic#BF9A87, #87BF9A
Split complementary#BFB687, #90BF87
Tetradic#BF8790, #ACBF87, #87BFB6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EEEBF4
Lighter +20%#D2CAE2
Lighter +10%#B6A8D1
Darker −10%#7E66AD
Darker −20%#654E92
Darker −30%#4E3C71
Darker −40%#372A50
More saturated +25%#9370D6
Less saturated −25%#A19EA8

Channel breakdown

R154
G135
B191
Red154 (60.4%)
Green135 (52.9%)
Blue191 (74.9%)
Hue260.36°
Saturation (HSL)30.43%
Lightness63.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9A · G 87 · B BF

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