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Recognised as Colour

#9000AE

  • #9000AE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#9000AE is a violet with RGB values 144, 0, 174 and HSL 290°, 100%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#9000AE#9000AE
HEX#9000AE
RGBrgb(144, 0, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.5647, 0, 0.6824
RGB percentages56.5%, 0%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(289.7, 100%, 34.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(289.7, 100%, 68.2%)
CMYK17.2%, 100%, 0%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,437,358
CSS custom property--colour: #9000AE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08985WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness98.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.51:1
Contrast with white7.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2B2B2B
Inverted#6FFF51

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004DB2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48 from the original
Deuteranopia#1258ABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 57.5 from the original
Tritanopia#8F3965no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.51:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.8:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 10.1Dark magenta · ΔE 17.5Dark violet · ΔE 17.7Blue violet · ΔE 21.2Medium orchid · ΔE 21.6Purple · ΔE 21.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 10.07, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1EAE00
Analogous#3900AE, #AE0075
Triadic#AE9000, #00AE90
Split complementary#75AE00, #00AE39
Tetradic#AE3900, #1EAE00, #0075AE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E87BFF
Lighter +30%#DF48FF
Lighter +20%#D715FF
Lighter +10%#BA00E1
Darker −10%#66007B
Darker −20%#3C0048
Darker −30%#110015
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#9000AE
Less saturated −25%#821698

Channel breakdown

R144
G0
B174
Red144 (56.5%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue289.66°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness34.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 90 · G 00 · B AE

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