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Recognised as Colour

#9F8CB2

  • #9F8CB2
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#9F8CB2 is a violet with RGB values 159, 140, 178 and HSL 270°, 20%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#9F8CB2#9F8CB2
HEX#9F8CB2
RGBrgb(159, 140, 178)
RGB (0–1)0.6235, 0.549, 0.698
RGB percentages62.4%, 54.9%, 69.8%
HSLhsl(270, 19.8%, 62.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270, 21.3%, 69.8%)
CMYK10.7%, 21.3%, 0%, 30.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,456,242
CSS custom property--colour: #9F8CB2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29341WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness150.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.87:1
Contrast with white3.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.87:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#939393
Inverted#60734D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8693B4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#8994B1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.1 from the original
Tritanopia#9D9199no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.06:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 18.6Slate grey · ΔE 19.8Thistle · ΔE 20.7Plum · ΔE 22.3Light steelblue · ΔE 23.6Gray · ΔE 23.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 18.61, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9FB28C
Analogous#8C8CB2, #B28CB2
Triadic#B29F8C, #8CB29F
Split complementary#B2B28C, #8CB28C
Tetradic#B28C8C, #9FB28C, #8CB2B2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EBE8EF
Lighter +20%#D2C9DB
Lighter +10%#B8ABC6
Darker −10%#866D9E
Darker −20%#6C5781
Darker −30%#524263
Darker −40%#392E44
More saturated +25%#9F74CA
Less saturated −25%#9F9F9F

Channel breakdown

R159
G140
B178
Red159 (62.4%)
Green140 (54.9%)
Blue178 (69.8%)
Hue270°
Saturation (HSL)19.79%
Lightness62.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9F · G 8C · B B2

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