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Recognised as Colour

#900BD6

  • #900BD6
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#900BD6 is a violet with RGB values 144, 11, 214 and HSL 279°, 90%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#900BD6#900BD6
HEX#900BD6
RGBrgb(144, 11, 214)
RGB (0–1)0.5647, 0.0431, 0.8392
RGB percentages56.5%, 4.3%, 83.9%
HSLhsl(279.3, 90.2%, 44.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(279.3, 94.9%, 83.9%)
CMYK32.7%, 94.9%, 0%, 16.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,440,214
CSS custom property--colour: #900BD6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11024WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness107.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.55:1
Contrast with white6.55:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#363636
Inverted#6FF429

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005ADBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#005ED3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.3 from the original
Tritanopia#84507Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.55:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.2:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 2Blue violet · ΔE 6.5Dark orchid · ΔE 16.1Medium blue · ΔE 25.6Medium orchid · ΔE 32.6Fuchsia · ΔE 32.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 2.02, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#51D60B
Analogous#2A0BD6, #D60BB7
Triadic#D6900B, #0BD690
Split complementary#B7D60B, #0BD62A
Tetradic#D62A0B, #51D60B, #0BB7D6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E2B2FB
Lighter +30%#CF81F9
Lighter +20%#BD51F6
Lighter +10%#AB20F4
Darker −10%#6F09A5
Darker −20%#4F0675
Darker −30%#2E0444
Darker −40%#0D0114
More saturated +25%#9300E1
Less saturated −25%#8727BA

Channel breakdown

R144
G11
B214
Red144 (56.5%)
Green11 (4.3%)
Blue214 (83.9%)
Hue279.31°
Saturation (HSL)90.22%
Lightness44.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 90 · G 0B · B D6

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