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Recognised as Colour

#900BAE

  • #900BAE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#900BAE is a violet with RGB values 144, 11, 174 and HSL 289°, 88%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#900BAE#900BAE
HEX#900BAE
RGBrgb(144, 11, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.5647, 0.0431, 0.6824
RGB percentages56.5%, 4.3%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(289, 88.1%, 36.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(289, 93.7%, 68.2%)
CMYK17.2%, 93.7%, 0%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,440,174
CSS custom property--colour: #900BAE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09225WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness98.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.38:1
Contrast with white7.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#333333
Inverted#6FF451

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#004EB2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#1759ABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56.4 from the original
Tritanopia#8F3B66no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.38:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.84:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 9.7Dark magenta · ΔE 16.4Dark violet · ΔE 18.9Medium orchid · ΔE 20.3Purple · ΔE 20.6Blue violet · ΔE 21.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 9.73, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#29AE0B
Analogous#3F0BAE, #AE0B7A
Triadic#AE900B, #0BAE90
Split complementary#7AAE0B, #0BAE3F
Tetradic#AE3F0B, #29AE0B, #0B7AAE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E48DF8
Lighter +30%#D95DF5
Lighter +20%#CE2DF2
Lighter +10%#B80EDE
Darker −10%#68087E
Darker −20%#41054E
Darker −30%#19021E
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#9700B9
Less saturated −25%#812297

Channel breakdown

R144
G11
B174
Red144 (56.5%)
Green11 (4.3%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue288.96°
Saturation (HSL)88.11%
Lightness36.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 90 · G 0B · B AE

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