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Recognised as Colour

#9003CA

  • #9003CA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#9003CA is a violet with RGB values 144, 3, 202 and HSL 283°, 97%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#9003CA#9003CA
HEX#9003CA
RGBrgb(144, 3, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.5647, 0.0118, 0.7922
RGB percentages56.5%, 1.2%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(282.5, 97.1%, 40.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(282.5, 98.5%, 79.2%)
CMYK28.7%, 98.5%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,438,154
CSS custom property--colour: #9003CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10259WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness104.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.88:1
Contrast with white6.88:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2F2F2F
Inverted#6FFC35

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0055CEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#005CC7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54.3 from the original
Tritanopia#884976no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.88:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.05:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 4.2Blue violet · ΔE 9.3Dark orchid · ΔE 12.3Medium blue · ΔE 28.5Medium orchid · ΔE 29.1Dark magenta · ΔE 31.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 4.19, a close match
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3DCA03
Analogous#2D03CA, #CA03A0
Triadic#CA9003, #03CA90
Split complementary#A1CA03, #03CA2C
Tetradic#CA2C03, #3DCA03, #03A0CA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E19BFE
Lighter +30%#D269FD
Lighter +20%#C337FC
Lighter +10%#B305FB
Darker −10%#6C0298
Darker −20%#480265
Darker −30%#250133
Darker −40%#010001
More saturated +25%#9100CD
Less saturated −25%#851DB0

Channel breakdown

R144
G3
B202
Red144 (56.5%)
Green3 (1.2%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue282.51°
Saturation (HSL)97.07%
Lightness40.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 90 · G 03 · B CA

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