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Recognised as Colour

#9E86CA

  • #9E86CA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#9E86CA is a violet with RGB values 158, 134, 202 and HSL 261°, 39%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#9E86CA#9E86CA
HEX#9E86CA
RGBrgb(158, 134, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.5255, 0.7922
RGB percentages62%, 52.5%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(261.2, 39.1%, 65.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261.2, 33.7%, 79.2%)
CMYK21.8%, 33.7%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,389,194
CSS custom property--colour: #9E86CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28584WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness150.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.72:1
Contrast with white3.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.72:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#909090
Inverted#617935

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7691CDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#7A91C8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.4 from the original
Tritanopia#96919Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.13:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 18.9Cornflower blue · ΔE 22.2Medium purple · ΔE 23.4Steel blue · ΔE 28.3Dark slateblue · ΔE 31.4Thistle · ΔE 31.6
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 18.86, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B2CA86
Analogous#8690CA, #C086CA
Triadic#CA9E86, #86CA9E
Split complementary#CAC086, #90CA86
Tetradic#CA8690, #B2CA86, #86CAC0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F3F0F9
Lighter +20%#D7CDE9
Lighter +10%#BAA9DA
Darker −10%#8263BA
Darker −20%#6847A3
Darker −30%#51387F
Darker −40%#3A285C
More saturated +25%#9870E0
Less saturated −25%#A49CB4

Channel breakdown

R158
G134
B202
Red158 (62%)
Green134 (52.5%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue261.18°
Saturation (HSL)39.08%
Lightness65.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9E · G 86 · B CA

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