Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#900AC6

  • #900AC6
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#900AC6 is a violet with RGB values 144, 10, 198 and HSL 283°, 90%, 41%. 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

#900AC6#900AC6
HEX#900AC6
RGBrgb(144, 10, 198)
RGB (0–1)0.5647, 0.0392, 0.7765
RGB percentages56.5%, 3.9%, 77.6%
HSLhsl(282.8, 90.4%, 40.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(282.8, 94.9%, 77.6%)
CMYK27.3%, 94.9%, 0%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,439,942
CSS custom property--colour: #900AC6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10224WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness103.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.9:1
Contrast with white6.9:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#343434
Inverted#6FF539

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0055CAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#005CC3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54.4 from the original
Tritanopia#894874no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 64.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.9:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.04:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 6.8Dark orchid · ΔE 10.1Blue violet · ΔE 10.8Medium orchid · ΔE 26.9Dark magenta · ΔE 28.6Indigo · ΔE 29.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 6.84, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#40C60A
Analogous#320AC6, #C60A9E
Triadic#C6900A, #0AC690
Split complementary#9EC60A, #0AC632
Tetradic#C6320A, #40C60A, #0A9EC6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E1A2FA
Lighter +30%#D171F8
Lighter +20%#C141F5
Lighter +10%#B210F3
Darker −10%#6D0895
Darker −20%#490565
Darker −30%#260334
Darker −40%#030004
More saturated +25%#9400D0
Less saturated −25%#8524AC

Channel breakdown

R144
G10
B198
Red144 (56.5%)
Green10 (3.9%)
Blue198 (77.6%)
Hue282.77°
Saturation (HSL)90.38%
Lightness40.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 90 · G 0A · B C6

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “900ac6” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.