Recognised as Colour

#9072CA

#9072CA
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#9072CA is a violet with RGB values 144, 114, 202 and HSL 260°, 45%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#9072CA#9072CA

HEX#9072CA

RGBrgb(144, 114, 202)

RGB (0–1)0.5647, 0.4471, 0.7922

RGB percentages56.5%, 44.7%, 79.2%

HSLhsl(260.5, 45.4%, 62%)

HSV / HSBhsv(260.5, 43.6%, 79.2%)

CMYK28.7%, 43.6%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,466,570

CSS custom property--colour: #9072CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22228WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness135.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.45:1

Contrast with white3.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.45:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7F7F7F

Inverted#6F8D35

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5882CDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#5E81C8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.4 from the original

Tritanopia#848294no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.86:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 10.6 Slate blue · ΔE 19.3 Cornflower blue · ΔE 23.8 Dark slateblue · ΔE 23.9 Royal blue · ΔE 24.9 Rebecca purple · ΔE 25.3

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 10.59, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#ACCA72

Analogous#7280CA, #BC72CA

Triadic#CA9072, #72CA90

Split complementary#CABC72, #80CA72

Tetradic#CA7280, #ACCA72, #72CABC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E8E1F4

Lighter +20%#CABCE6

Lighter +10%#AD97D8

Darker −10%#734DBC

Darker −20%#5C3A9C

Darker −30%#462D76

Darker −40%#301F51

More saturated +25%#885AE2

Less saturated −25%#988AB2

Channel breakdown

R144

G114

B202

Red144 (56.5%)

Green114 (44.7%)

Blue202 (79.2%)

Hue260.45°

Saturation (HSL)45.36%

Lightness61.96%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 90 · G 72 · B CA

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