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Recognised as Colour

#9D93AB

  • #9D93AB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#9D93AB is a violet with RGB values 157, 147, 171 and HSL 265°, 13%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#9D93AB#9D93AB
HEX#9D93AB
RGBrgb(157, 147, 171)
RGB (0–1)0.6157, 0.5765, 0.6706
RGB percentages61.6%, 57.6%, 67.1%
HSLhsl(265, 12.5%, 62.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(265, 14%, 67.1%)
CMYK8.2%, 14%, 0%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,326,955
CSS custom property--colour: #9D93AB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30976WCAG 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 7.2:1
Contrast with white2.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#979797
Inverted#626C54

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8F97ACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#9197AAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.6 from the original
Tritanopia#9B969Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.92:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 12.5Slate grey · ΔE 14.3Dark grey · ΔE 15.6Gray · ΔE 16.6Thistle · ΔE 18.3Light steelblue · ΔE 19.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 12.51, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A1AB93
Analogous#9395AB, #A993AB
Triadic#AB9D93, #93AB9D
Split complementary#ABA993, #95AB93
Tetradic#AB9395, #A1AB93, #93ABA9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EBE9EE
Lighter +20%#D1CCD8
Lighter +10%#B7B0C1
Darker −10%#837695
Darker −20%#6A5F7A
Darker −30%#51485D
Darker −40%#383240
More saturated +25%#997BC3
Less saturated −25%#9F9F9F

Channel breakdown

R157
G147
B171
Red157 (61.6%)
Green147 (57.6%)
Blue171 (67.1%)
Hue265°
Saturation (HSL)12.5%
Lightness62.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9D · G 93 · B AB

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