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Recognised as Colour

#9F87CE

  • #9F87CE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#9F87CE is a violet with RGB values 159, 135, 206 and HSL 260°, 42%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#9F87CE#9F87CE
HEX#9F87CE
RGBrgb(159, 135, 206)
RGB (0–1)0.6235, 0.5294, 0.8078
RGB percentages62.4%, 52.9%, 80.8%
HSLhsl(260.3, 42%, 66.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.3, 34.5%, 80.8%)
CMYK22.8%, 34.5%, 0%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,454,990
CSS custom property--colour: #9F87CE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29155WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.83:1
Contrast with white3.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.83:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#919191
Inverted#607831

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7693D1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#7A92CCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.5 from the original
Tritanopia#9692A1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.07:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 19Cornflower blue · ΔE 21.5Medium purple · ΔE 22.1Steel blue · ΔE 29.1Dark slateblue · ΔE 31.4Slate blue · ΔE 31.5
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 19.01, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B6CE87
Analogous#8793CE, #C387CE
Triadic#CE9F87, #87CE9F
Split complementary#CEC387, #93CE87
Tetradic#CE8793, #B6CE87, #87CEC3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F6F4FA
Lighter +20%#D9CFEC
Lighter +10%#BCABDD
Darker −10%#8263BF
Darker −20%#6745AA
Darker −30%#513785
Darker −40%#3B2861
More saturated +25%#9872E3
Less saturated −25%#A69CB9

Channel breakdown

R159
G135
B206
Red159 (62.4%)
Green135 (52.9%)
Blue206 (80.8%)
Hue260.28°
Saturation (HSL)42.01%
Lightness66.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9F · G 87 · B CE

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