Recognised as Colour

#9B77BD

#9B77BD
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#9B77BD is a violet with RGB values 155, 119, 189 and HSL 271°, 35%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

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HEX#9B77BD

RGBrgb(155, 119, 189)

RGB (0–1)0.6078, 0.4667, 0.7412

RGB percentages60.8%, 46.7%, 74.1%

HSLhsl(270.9, 34.7%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(270.9, 37%, 74.1%)

CMYK18%, 37%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,188,733

CSS custom property--colour: #9B77BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23836WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness139.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.77:1

Contrast with white3.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.77:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#848484

Inverted#648842

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6885C0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#7086BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.1 from the original

Tritanopia#968191no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.64:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 20.4 Medium purple · ΔE 20.7 Cornflower blue · ΔE 26.3 Dark slateblue · ΔE 27.3 Orchid · ΔE 28.5 Slate blue · ΔE 29.5

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 20.45, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#99BD77

Analogous#7877BD, #BD77BC

Triadic#BD9B77, #77BD9B

Split complementary#BCBD77, #77BD78

Tetradic#BD7877, #99BD77, #77BCBD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E7DEEF

Lighter +20%#CDBCDE

Lighter +10%#B499CE

Darker −10%#8255AC

Darker −20%#68438B

Darker −30%#4E3368

Darker −40%#352246

More saturated +25%#9C5ED6

Less saturated −25%#9A90A4

Channel breakdown

R155

G119

B189

Red155 (60.8%)

Green119 (46.7%)

Blue189 (74.1%)

Hue270.86°

Saturation (HSL)34.65%

Lightness60.39%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 9B · G 77 · B BD

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