Colour

#9F96AA

#9F96AA
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Light slate grey

#9F96AA is a violet with RGB values 159, 150, 170 and HSL 267°, 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

#9F96AA#9F96AA

HEX#9F96AA

RGBrgb(159, 150, 170)

RGB (0–1)0.6235, 0.5882, 0.6667

RGB percentages62.4%, 58.8%, 66.7%

HSLhsl(267, 10.5%, 62.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(267, 11.8%, 66.7%)

CMYK6.5%, 11.8%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,458,794

CSS custom property--colour: #9F96AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32086WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness155.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.42:1

Contrast with white2.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#999999

Inverted#606955

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9399ABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#949AA9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original

Tritanopia#9E989Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.83:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 12.2 Dark grey · ΔE 13.1 Slate grey · ΔE 14.2 Gray · ΔE 15.3 Thistle · ΔE 17.7 Light steelblue · ΔE 18.3

Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 12.19, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#A1AA96

Analogous#9697AA, #A996AA

Triadic#AA9F96, #96AA9F

Split complementary#AAA996, #97AA96

Tetradic#AA9697, #A1AA96, #96AAA9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#ECEBEE

Lighter +20%#D3CED8

Lighter +10%#B9B2C1

Darker −10%#857A93

Darker −20%#6C6278

Darker −30%#534B5C

Darker −40%#393440

More saturated +25%#9D7EC2

Less saturated −25%#A0A0A0

Channel breakdown

R159

G150

B170

Red159 (62.4%)

Green150 (58.8%)

Blue170 (66.7%)

Hue267°

Saturation (HSL)10.53%

Lightness62.75%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 9F · G 96 · B AA

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