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9A79A8
African Violet
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Conversion

HEX 9A79A8
RGB 154, 121, 168
CMYK 8, 28, 0, 34
HSB 282, 28, 66
HSL 282, 21, 57
LAB 55, 22, -20
XYZ 27, 23, 40
LCH 55, 30, 317
LUV 55, 15, -33
HWB 282, 47, 34

Variations

View this color variations of shades, tints, tones, hues and temperatures.

Shades

A shade is created by adding black to a base color, increasing its darkness. Shades appear more dramatic and richer.
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916EA0
876297
7C5A8A
71527E
654A71
5A4264
4F3958
44314B
38293F
2D2132
221926
171019
0B080D
000000

Tints

A tint is created by adding white to a base color, increasing its lightness. Tints are likely to look pastel and less intense.
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A284AF
A98DB5
B097BB
B7A0C1
BEAAC7
C6B3CE
CDBDD4
D4C6DA
DBD0E0
E2D9E6
E9E3EC
F1ECF3
F8F6F9
FFFFFF

Tones

A tone is created by adding gray to a base color, increasing its lightness. Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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9A7CA7
997EA5
997FA3
9881A2
9783A0
97849F
96869D
95879B
95899A
948B98
938C96
938E95
929093
919191

Hues

A hue refers to the basic family of a color from red to violet. Hues are variations of a base color on the color wheel.
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A279A8
A879A6
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A87996
A8798E
A87986
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Temperatures

Color are often divided in cool and warm according to how we perceive them. Greens and blues are cool, whilst reds and yellows are warm.
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A07994
A17991

Color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel. Learn more

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
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9A79A8
A87A97

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors on the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
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88A87A

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
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97A87A
7AA87C

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
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A89B7A
7AA89B

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel. They are very versatile, and work best with one dominant color.
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88A87A
7AA89B

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
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A8847A
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7A9FA8

Blindness simulator

Check how a color is perceived by color blind people to create accessible designs. Learn more

Protanopia

86% similar
1.3% of men, 0.02% of women
9A79A8
8B8B9C

Protanomaly

93% similar
1.3% of men, 0.02% of women
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9383A2

Deuteranopia

82% similar
1.2% of men, 0.01% of women
9A79A8
8D9099

Deuteranomaly

94% similar
5% of men, 0.35% of women
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9381A1

Tritanopia

79% similar
0.001% of men, 0.03% of women
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989391

Tritanomaly

92% similar
0.0001% of the population
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98859F

Achromatopsia

79% similar
0.003% of the population
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888888

Achromatomaly

91% similar
0.001% of the population
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908196

Contrast checker

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White background

Poor 2/5
Quote n. 15Try a thing you haven’t done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time, to figure out whether you like it or not.

Virgil Garnett Thomson

Black background

Good 3/5
Quote n. 15Try a thing you haven’t done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time, to figure out whether you like it or not.

Virgil Garnett Thomson

Color libraries

View the most similar correspondences of this color with these popular color libraries.

Name

93% similar

RAL

95% similar
8773A1

HKS

83% similar
814897

Copic

96% similar

Prismacolor

90% similar

Color Palettes

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