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Recognised as Colour

#9B90BC

  • #9B90BC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#9B90BC is a violet with RGB values 155, 144, 188 and HSL 255°, 25%, 65%. 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

#9B90BC#9B90BC
HEX#9B90BC
RGBrgb(155, 144, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.6078, 0.5647, 0.7373
RGB percentages60.8%, 56.5%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(255, 24.7%, 65.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(255, 23.4%, 73.7%)
CMYK17.6%, 23.4%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,195,132
CSS custom property--colour: #9B90BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30546WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.11:1
Contrast with white2.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#646F43

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8796BEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#8896BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.7 from the original
Tritanopia#95979Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.95:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 19.5Slate grey · ΔE 20.9Thistle · ΔE 21.7Plum · ΔE 22.4Steel blue · ΔE 22.5Light steelblue · ΔE 22.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 19.52, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B1BC90
Analogous#909BBC, #B190BC
Triadic#BC9B90, #90BC9B
Split complementary#BCB190, #9BBC90
Tetradic#BC909B, #B1BC90, #90BCB1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F1EFF6
Lighter +20%#D4D0E2
Lighter +10%#B8B0CF
Darker −10%#7E70A9
Darker −20%#65578F
Darker −30%#4E4370
Darker −40%#383050
More saturated +25%#907AD2
Less saturated −25%#A6A6A6

Channel breakdown

R155
G144
B188
Red155 (60.8%)
Green144 (56.5%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue255°
Saturation (HSL)24.72%
Lightness65.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9B · G 90 · B BC

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