Colour

#9000C8

#9000C8
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark violet

#9000C8 is a violet with RGB values 144, 0, 200 and HSL 283°, 100%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

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HEX#9000C8

RGBrgb(144, 0, 200)

RGB (0–1)0.5647, 0, 0.7843

RGB percentages56.5%, 0%, 78.4%

HSLhsl(283.2, 100%, 39.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(283.2, 100%, 78.4%)

CMYK28%, 100%, 0%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,437,384

CSS custom property--colour: #9000C8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10099WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness103.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.95:1

Contrast with white6.95:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2D2D2D

Inverted#6FFF37

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0054CCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#005BC5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54.4 from the original

Tritanopia#884775no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 65.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.02:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 4.8 Blue violet · ΔE 10 Dark orchid · ΔE 12 Medium orchid · ΔE 28.8 Medium blue · ΔE 28.9 Dark magenta · ΔE 30.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 4.83, a close match

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#38C800

Analogous#2C00C8, #C8009C

Triadic#C89000, #00C890

Split complementary#9CC800, #00C82C

Tetradic#C82C00, #38C800, #009CC8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E195FF

Lighter +30%#D362FF

Lighter +20%#C52FFF

Lighter +10%#B500FB

Darker −10%#6B0095

Darker −20%#470062

Darker −30%#22002F

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#9000C8

Less saturated −25%#8519AF

Channel breakdown

R144

B200

Red144 (56.5%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue200 (78.4%)

Hue283.2°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness39.22%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 90 · G 00 · B C8

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