Recognised as Colour

#9074CD

#9074CD
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#9074CD is a violet with RGB values 144, 116, 205 and HSL 259°, 47%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

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HEX#9074CD

RGBrgb(144, 116, 205)

RGB (0–1)0.5647, 0.4549, 0.8039

RGB percentages56.5%, 45.5%, 80.4%

HSLhsl(258.9, 47.1%, 62.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(258.9, 43.4%, 80.4%)

CMYK29.8%, 43.4%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,467,085

CSS custom property--colour: #9074CD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22828WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness137.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.57:1

Contrast with white3.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.57:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#808080

Inverted#6F8B32

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5A84D0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#5F82CBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.4 from the original

Tritanopia#838497no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.77:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 10.3 Slate blue · ΔE 19.1 Cornflower blue · ΔE 23 Royal blue · ΔE 24.3 Dark slateblue · ΔE 24.4 Medium slateblue · ΔE 25.7

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 10.25, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B1CD74

Analogous#7484CD, #BD74CD

Triadic#CD9074, #74CD90

Split complementary#CDBD74, #84CD74

Tetradic#CD7484, #B1CD74, #74CDBD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EAE5F5

Lighter +20%#CCBFE8

Lighter +10%#AE9ADA

Darker −10%#724EC0

Darker −20%#5A3AA1

Darker −30%#452C7C

Darker −40%#301F56

More saturated +25%#875CE5

Less saturated −25%#998CB5

Channel breakdown

R144

G116

B205

Red144 (56.5%)

Green116 (45.5%)

Blue205 (80.4%)

Hue258.88°

Saturation (HSL)47.09%

Lightness62.94%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 90 · G 74 · B CD

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