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Recognised as Colour

#912CE9

  • #912CE9
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#912CE9 is a violet with RGB values 145, 44, 233 and HSL 272°, 81%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#912CE9#912CE9
HEX#912CE9
RGBrgb(145, 44, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.5686, 0.1725, 0.9137
RGB percentages56.9%, 17.3%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(272.1, 81.1%, 54.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(272.1, 81.1%, 91.4%)
CMYK37.8%, 81.1%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,514,217
CSS custom property--colour: #912CE9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13704WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness116.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.61:1
Contrast with white5.61:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4F4F4F
Inverted#6ED316

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0066EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#0067E5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.9 from the original
Tritanopia#7E628Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 77.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.61:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.74:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 3Dark violet · ΔE 8.3Dark orchid · ΔE 17.4Medium blue · ΔE 24.8Medium orchid · ΔE 33Medium slateblue · ΔE 33.8
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 3.02, a close match
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#84E92C
Analogous#322CE9, #E92CE3
Triadic#E9912C, #2CE991
Split complementary#E3E92C, #2CE932
Tetradic#E9322C, #84E92C, #2CE3E9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1E5FC
Lighter +30%#D9B7F7
Lighter +20%#C188F3
Lighter +10%#A95AEE
Darker −10%#7715CD
Darker −20%#5C119E
Darker −30%#410C70
Darker −40%#270742
More saturated +25%#9316FF
Less saturated −25%#8F49CC

Channel breakdown

R145
G44
B233
Red145 (56.9%)
Green44 (17.3%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue272.06°
Saturation (HSL)81.12%
Lightness54.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 91 · G 2C · B E9

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