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Recognised as Colour

#9040BB

  • #9040BB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#9040BB is a violet with RGB values 144, 64, 187 and HSL 279°, 49%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#9040BB#9040BB
HEX#9040BB
RGBrgb(144, 64, 187)
RGB (0–1)0.5647, 0.251, 0.7333
RGB percentages56.5%, 25.1%, 73.3%
HSLhsl(279, 49%, 49.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(279, 65.8%, 73.3%)
CMYK23%, 65.8%, 0%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,453,755
CSS custom property--colour: #9040BB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13184WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness112.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.77:1
Contrast with white5.77:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5A5A5A
Inverted#6FBF44

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0062BFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#3367B8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.4 from the original
Tritanopia#8B5978no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.77:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.64:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 12.3Dark orchid · ΔE 14.6Rebecca purple · ΔE 15.4Dark magenta · ΔE 18.2Slate blue · ΔE 19.3Purple · ΔE 20.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 12.27, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6BBB40
Analogous#5240BB, #BB40A9
Triadic#BB9040, #40BB90
Split complementary#A9BB40, #40BB52
Tetradic#BB5240, #6BBB40, #40A9BB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E8D6F1
Lighter +30%#D2B0E4
Lighter +20%#BC8AD7
Lighter +10%#A664CA
Darker −10%#733395
Darker −20%#55266F
Darker −30%#381949
Darker −40%#1B0C23
More saturated +25%#9921DA
Less saturated −25%#875F9C

Channel breakdown

R144
G64
B187
Red144 (56.5%)
Green64 (25.1%)
Blue187 (73.3%)
Hue279.02°
Saturation (HSL)49%
Lightness49.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 90 · G 40 · B BB

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