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Recognised as Colour

#9E84A8

  • #9E84A8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#9E84A8 is a violet with RGB values 158, 132, 168 and HSL 283°, 17%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#9E84A8#9E84A8
HEX#9E84A8
RGBrgb(158, 132, 168)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.5176, 0.6588
RGB percentages62%, 51.8%, 65.9%
HSLhsl(283.3, 17.1%, 58.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(283.3, 21.4%, 65.9%)
CMYK6%, 21.4%, 0%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,388,648
CSS custom property--colour: #9E84A8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26599WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness144.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.32:1
Contrast with white3.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.32:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8C8C8C
Inverted#617B57

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#808BAAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#858EA7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.5 from the original
Tritanopia#9E8890no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.32:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 19.6Slate grey · ΔE 20.2Rosy brown · ΔE 22.5Thistle · ΔE 22.6Plum · ΔE 22.7Gray · ΔE 23.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 19.56, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8EA884
Analogous#8C84A8, #A884A0
Triadic#A89E84, #84A89E
Split complementary#A0A884, #84A88C
Tetradic#A88C84, #8EA884, #84A0A8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FCFBFD
Lighter +30%#E5DEE7
Lighter +20%#CDC0D2
Lighter +10%#B6A2BD
Darker −10%#866792
Darker −20%#6B5274
Darker −30%#4F3D56
Darker −40%#342838
More saturated +25%#AA6AC2
Less saturated −25%#969696

Channel breakdown

R158
G132
B168
Red158 (62%)
Green132 (51.8%)
Blue168 (65.9%)
Hue283.33°
Saturation (HSL)17.14%
Lightness58.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9E · G 84 · B A8

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