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Recognised as Colour

#9000DB

  • #9000DB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#9000DB is a violet with RGB values 144, 0, 219 and HSL 279°, 100%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#9000DB#9000DB
HEX#9000DB
RGBrgb(144, 0, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.5647, 0, 0.8588
RGB percentages56.5%, 0%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(279.5, 100%, 42.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(279.5, 100%, 85.9%)
CMYK34.2%, 100%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,437,403
CSS custom property--colour: #9000DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11044WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness108 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.54:1
Contrast with white6.54:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E
Inverted#6FFF24

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005AE0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#005ED7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53 from the original
Tritanopia#825180no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 75 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.54:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.21:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 4.6Blue violet · ΔE 8Dark orchid · ΔE 19.5Medium blue · ΔE 24.4Fuchsia · ΔE 32.5Magenta · ΔE 32.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 4.64, a close match
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4BDB00
Analogous#2200DB, #DB00B9
Triadic#DB9000, #00DB90
Split complementary#B8DB00, #00DB23
Tetradic#DB2300, #4BDB00, #00B8DB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E1A8FF
Lighter +30%#D075FF
Lighter +20%#BE42FF
Lighter +10%#AD0FFF
Darker −10%#6E00A8
Darker −20%#4D0075
Darker −30%#2B0042
Darker −40%#0A000F
More saturated +25%#9000DB
Less saturated −25%#871BC0

Channel breakdown

R144
G0
B219
Red144 (56.5%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue279.45°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness42.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 90 · G 00 · B DB

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