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Recognised as Colour

#9A93A7

  • #9A93A7
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#9A93A7 is a violet with RGB values 154, 147, 167 and HSL 261°, 10%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#9A93A7#9A93A7
HEX#9A93A7
RGBrgb(154, 147, 167)
RGB (0–1)0.6039, 0.5765, 0.6549
RGB percentages60.4%, 57.6%, 65.5%
HSLhsl(261, 10.2%, 61.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261, 12%, 65.5%)
CMYK7.8%, 12%, 0%, 34.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,130,343
CSS custom property--colour: #9A93A7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30527WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness151.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.11:1
Contrast with white2.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#656C58

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9096A8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#9196A6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original
Tritanopia#989699no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.96:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 10.8Slate grey · ΔE 12.7Dark grey · ΔE 13.6Gray · ΔE 14.4Light steelblue · ΔE 19Thistle · ΔE 19.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 10.84, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A0A793
Analogous#9396A7, #A493A7
Triadic#A79A93, #93A79A
Split complementary#A7A493, #96A793
Tetradic#A79396, #A0A793, #93A7A4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E9E7EC
Lighter +20%#CFCBD5
Lighter +10%#B4AFBE
Darker −10%#807790
Darker −20%#675F75
Darker −30%#4E4859
Darker −40%#35313D
More saturated +25%#937BC0
Less saturated −25%#9D9D9D

Channel breakdown

R154
G147
B167
Red154 (60.4%)
Green147 (57.6%)
Blue167 (65.5%)
Hue261°
Saturation (HSL)10.2%
Lightness61.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9A · G 93 · B A7

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