Recognised as Colour

#912ADB

#912ADB
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#912ADB is a violet with RGB values 145, 42, 219 and HSL 275°, 71%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#912ADB#912ADB

HEX#912ADB

RGBrgb(145, 42, 219)

RGB (0–1)0.5686, 0.1647, 0.8588

RGB percentages56.9%, 16.5%, 85.9%

HSLhsl(274.9, 71.1%, 51.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(274.9, 80.8%, 85.9%)

CMYK33.8%, 80.8%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,513,691

CSS custom property--colour: #912ADB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1279WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness113.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.9:1

Contrast with white5.9:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4D4D4D

Inverted#6ED524

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0062E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#0064D8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.5 from the original

Tritanopia#835B84no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 70.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.56:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 4.5 Dark violet · ΔE 7.2 Dark orchid · ΔE 11.2 Medium blue · ΔE 27.6 Medium orchid · ΔE 27.6 Medium slateblue · ΔE 30.6

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 4.47, a close match

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#74DB2A

Analogous#392ADB, #DB2ACC

Triadic#DB912A, #2ADB91

Split complementary#CCDB2A, #2ADB39

Tetradic#DB392A, #74DB2A, #2ACCDB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EBD9F8

Lighter +30%#D5ADF1

Lighter +20%#BE81EA

Lighter +10%#A856E2

Darker −10%#751EB4

Darker −20%#591788

Darker −30%#3C105C

Darker −40%#200831

More saturated +25%#960BFA

Less saturated −25%#8C49BC

Channel breakdown

R145

G42

B219

Red145 (56.9%)

Green42 (16.5%)

Blue219 (85.9%)

Hue274.92°

Saturation (HSL)71.08%

Lightness51.18%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 91 · G 2A · B DB

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