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Colour

#9E96AA

  • #9E96AA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#9E96AA is a violet with RGB values 158, 150, 170 and HSL 264°, 11%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#9E96AA#9E96AA
HEX#9E96AA
RGBrgb(158, 150, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.5882, 0.6667
RGB percentages62%, 58.8%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(264, 10.5%, 62.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(264, 11.8%, 66.7%)
CMYK7.1%, 11.8%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,393,258
CSS custom property--colour: #9E96AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31984WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness154.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.4:1
Contrast with white2.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#999999
Inverted#616955

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9399ABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#9499A9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original
Tritanopia#9C999Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.84:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 11.9Dark grey · ΔE 13Slate grey · ΔE 13.9Gray · ΔE 15.2Thistle · ΔE 17.9Light steelblue · ΔE 18.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 11.85, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A2AA96
Analogous#9698AA, #A896AA
Triadic#AA9E96, #96AA9E
Split complementary#AAA896, #98AA96
Tetradic#AA9698, #A2AA96, #96AAA8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#ECEBEE
Lighter +20%#D2CED8
Lighter +10%#B8B2C1
Darker −10%#847A93
Darker −20%#6B6278
Darker −30%#524B5C
Darker −40%#393440
More saturated +25%#997EC2
Less saturated −25%#A0A0A0

Channel breakdown

R158
G150
B170
Red158 (62%)
Green150 (58.8%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue264°
Saturation (HSL)10.53%
Lightness62.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9E · G 96 · B AA

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