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Recognised as Colour

#9C87AA

  • #9C87AA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#9C87AA is a violet with RGB values 156, 135, 170 and HSL 276°, 17%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#9C87AA#9C87AA
HEX#9C87AA
RGBrgb(156, 135, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.6118, 0.5294, 0.6667
RGB percentages61.2%, 52.9%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(276, 17.1%, 59.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(276, 20.6%, 66.7%)
CMYK8.2%, 20.6%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,258,346
CSS custom property--colour: #9C87AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27298WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness145.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.46:1
Contrast with white3.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.46:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E
Inverted#637855

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#828EACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#868FA9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.2 from the original
Tritanopia#9B8B93no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.25:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 17.8Slate grey · ΔE 18.7Thistle · ΔE 21.8Gray · ΔE 22.1Rosy brown · ΔE 22.7Dark grey · ΔE 23.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 17.8, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#95AA87
Analogous#8B87AA, #AA87A7
Triadic#AA9C87, #87AA9C
Split complementary#A6AA87, #87AA8B
Tetradic#AA8B87, #95AA87, #87A6AA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFEFF
Lighter +30%#E6E1E9
Lighter +20%#CDC3D4
Lighter +10%#B5A5BF
Darker −10%#836995
Darker −20%#695477
Darker −30%#4F3F59
Darker −40%#342A3B
More saturated +25%#A16DC4
Less saturated −25%#999999

Channel breakdown

R156
G135
B170
Red156 (61.2%)
Green135 (52.9%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue276°
Saturation (HSL)17.07%
Lightness59.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9C · G 87 · B AA

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