Colour

#9122FF

#9122FF
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#9122FF is a violet with RGB values 145, 34, 255 and HSL 270°, 100%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#9122FF#9122FF

HEX#9122FF

RGBrgb(145, 34, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.5686, 0.1333, 1

RGB percentages56.9%, 13.3%, 100%

HSLhsl(270.1, 100%, 56.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(270.1, 86.7%, 100%)

CMYK43.1%, 86.7%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,511,679

CSS custom property--colour: #9122FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14384WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness119.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.42:1

Contrast with white5.42:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4A4A4A

Inverted#6EDD00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#006AFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#0068FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.8 from the original

Tritanopia#746999no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 89.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.88:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 15.7 Dark violet · ΔE 17.6 Medium blue · ΔE 23.8 Blue · ΔE 24.5 Dark orchid · ΔE 30.4 Fuchsia · ΔE 35.6

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 15.72, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#90FF22

Analogous#2222FF, #FF22FF

Triadic#FF9122, #22FF91

Split complementary#FEFF22, #22FF23

Tetradic#FF2322, #90FF22, #22FFFF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F7EEFF

Lighter +30%#DDBBFF

Lighter +20%#C488FF

Lighter +10%#AA55FF

Darker −10%#7800EE

Darker −20%#5E00BB

Darker −30%#440088

Darker −40%#2B0055

More saturated +25%#9122FF

Less saturated −25%#913EE3

Channel breakdown

R145

G34

B255

Red145 (56.9%)

Green34 (13.3%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue270.14°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness56.67%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 91 · G 22 · B FF

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