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Recognised as Colour

#9017FF

  • #9017FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#9017FF is a violet with RGB values 144, 23, 255 and HSL 271°, 100%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#9017FF#9017FF
HEX#9017FF
RGBrgb(144, 23, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5647, 0.0902, 1
RGB percentages56.5%, 9%, 100%
HSLhsl(271.3, 100%, 54.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(271.3, 91%, 100%)
CMYK43.5%, 91%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,443,327
CSS custom property--colour: #9017FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13762WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness118 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.6:1
Contrast with white5.6:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#414141
Inverted#6FE800

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0068FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#0065FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.1 from the original
Tritanopia#736697no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 91.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.6:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.75:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 18.1Dark violet · ΔE 19.2Blue · ΔE 22.9Medium blue · ΔE 24.1Dark orchid · ΔE 32.7Fuchsia · ΔE 36
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 18.1, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#86FF17
Analogous#1C17FF, #FF17FA
Triadic#FF9017, #17FF90
Split complementary#FAFF17, #17FF1C
Tetradic#FF1C17, #86FF17, #17FAFF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F2E3FF
Lighter +30%#D9B0FF
Lighter +20%#C17DFF
Lighter +10%#A84AFF
Darker −10%#7600E3
Darker −20%#5C00B0
Darker −30%#41007D
Darker −40%#27004A
More saturated +25%#9017FF
Less saturated −25%#8F34E2

Channel breakdown

R144
G23
B255
Red144 (56.5%)
Green23 (9%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue271.29°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness54.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 90 · G 17 · B FF

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