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Recognised as Colour

#9059C8

  • #9059C8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#9059C8 is a violet with RGB values 144, 89, 200 and HSL 270°, 50%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#9059C8#9059C8
HEX#9059C8
RGBrgb(144, 89, 200)
RGB (0–1)0.5647, 0.349, 0.7843
RGB percentages56.5%, 34.9%, 78.4%
HSLhsl(269.7, 50.2%, 56.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(269.7, 55.5%, 78.4%)
CMYK28%, 55.5%, 0%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,460,168
CSS custom property--colour: #9059C8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17244WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness124.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.72:1
Contrast with white4.72:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6D6D6D
Inverted#6FA637

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3072CCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#4373C5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.9 from the original
Tritanopia#866E88no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.72:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.45:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 9.8Slate blue · ΔE 12Medium orchid · ΔE 15.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 15.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 16.6Orchid · ΔE 23.5
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 9.78, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#91C859
Analogous#5959C8, #C859C8
Triadic#C89059, #59C890
Split complementary#C8C859, #59C859
Tetradic#C85959, #91C859, #59C8C8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F6F2FB
Lighter +30%#DDCCEE
Lighter +20%#C3A6E1
Lighter +10%#AA7FD5
Darker −10%#763BB3
Darker −20%#5D2F8C
Darker −30%#442266
Darker −40%#2A1540
More saturated +25%#903DE4
Less saturated −25%#9075AC

Channel breakdown

R144
G89
B200
Red144 (56.5%)
Green89 (34.9%)
Blue200 (78.4%)
Hue269.73°
Saturation (HSL)50.23%
Lightness56.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 90 · G 59 · B C8

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