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Recognised as Colour

#9C71AE

  • #9C71AE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#9C71AE is a violet with RGB values 156, 113, 174 and HSL 282°, 27%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#9C71AE#9C71AE
HEX#9C71AE
RGBrgb(156, 113, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.6118, 0.4431, 0.6824
RGB percentages61.2%, 44.3%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(282.3, 27.4%, 56.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(282.3, 35.1%, 68.2%)
CMYK10.3%, 35.1%, 0%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,252,718
CSS custom property--colour: #9C71AE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21934WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness135 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.39:1
Contrast with white3.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.39:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7F7F7F
Inverted#638E51

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#687EB0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#7282ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.8 from the original
Tritanopia#9B7988no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.9:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 20.3Medium purple · ΔE 25.7Dark slateblue · ΔE 28.3Orchid · ΔE 29.8Cornflower blue · ΔE 31.1Pale violetred · ΔE 32.2
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 20.29, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#83AE71
Analogous#7E71AE, #AE71A1
Triadic#AE9C71, #71AE9C
Split complementary#A1AE71, #71AE7E
Tetradic#AE7E71, #83AE71, #71A1AE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F7F3F8
Lighter +30%#E0D2E6
Lighter +20%#C9B2D3
Lighter +10%#B391C1
Darker −10%#835696
Darker −20%#674376
Darker −30%#4B3155
Darker −40%#2E1E35
More saturated +25%#A755CA
Less saturated −25%#918D92

Channel breakdown

R156
G113
B174
Red156 (61.2%)
Green113 (44.3%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue282.3°
Saturation (HSL)27.35%
Lightness56.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9C · G 71 · B AE

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