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Recognised as Colour

#9F7BB8

  • #9F7BB8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#9F7BB8 is a violet with RGB values 159, 123, 184 and HSL 275°, 30%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#9F7BB8#9F7BB8
HEX#9F7BB8
RGBrgb(159, 123, 184)
RGB (0–1)0.6235, 0.4824, 0.7216
RGB percentages62.4%, 48.2%, 72.2%
HSLhsl(275.4, 30%, 60.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(275.4, 33.2%, 72.2%)
CMYK13.6%, 33.2%, 0%, 27.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,451,896
CSS custom property--colour: #9F7BB8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24998WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness142.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6:1
Contrast with white3.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#878787
Inverted#608447

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7087BAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#788AB6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.4 from the original
Tritanopia#9C8391no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.5:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 18.4Medium purple · ΔE 25.9Cornflower blue · ΔE 28.1Dark slateblue · ΔE 30.4Steel blue · ΔE 30.5Orchid · ΔE 31.2
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 18.37, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#94B87B
Analogous#807BB8, #B87BB3
Triadic#B89F7B, #7BB89F
Split complementary#B3B87B, #7BB880
Tetradic#B8807B, #94B87B, #7BB3B8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E7DEEE
Lighter +20%#CFBDDC
Lighter +10%#B79CCA
Darker −10%#875AA6
Darker −20%#6C4885
Darker −30%#513664
Darker −40%#362443
More saturated +25%#A462D1
Less saturated −25%#9A949F

Channel breakdown

R159
G123
B184
Red159 (62.4%)
Green123 (48.2%)
Blue184 (72.2%)
Hue275.41°
Saturation (HSL)30.05%
Lightness60.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9F · G 7B · B B8

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