Recognised as Colour

#9021FF

#9021FF
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#9021FF is a violet with RGB values 144, 33, 255 and HSL 270°, 100%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#9021FF#9021FF

HEX#9021FF

RGBrgb(144, 33, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.5647, 0.1294, 1

RGB percentages56.5%, 12.9%, 100%

HSLhsl(270, 100%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(270, 87.1%, 100%)

CMYK43.5%, 87.1%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,445,887

CSS custom property--colour: #9021FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14237WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness119.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.46:1

Contrast with white5.46:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#494949

Inverted#6FDE00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#006AFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#0067FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.3 from the original

Tritanopia#736998no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 90.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.85:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 16 Dark violet · ΔE 17.9 Medium blue · ΔE 23.7 Blue · ΔE 24.1 Dark orchid · ΔE 30.8 Fuchsia · ΔE 35.9

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 16.03, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#90FF21

Analogous#2121FF, #FF21FF

Triadic#FF9021, #21FF90

Split complementary#FFFF21, #21FF21

Tetradic#FF2121, #90FF21, #21FFFF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#F6EDFF

Lighter +30%#DDBAFF

Lighter +20%#C387FF

Lighter +10%#AA54FF

Darker −10%#7600ED

Darker −20%#5D00BA

Darker −30%#440087

Darker −40%#2A0054

More saturated +25%#9021FF

Less saturated −25%#903DE3

Channel breakdown

R144

G33

B255

Red144 (56.5%)

Green33 (12.9%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue270°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness56.47%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 90 · G 21 · B FF

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