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Recognised as Colour

#912EDA

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

#912EDA is a violet with RGB values 145, 46, 218 and HSL 275°, 70%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#912EDA#912EDA
HEX#912EDA
RGBrgb(145, 46, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.5686, 0.1804, 0.8549
RGB percentages56.9%, 18%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(274.5, 69.9%, 51.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(274.5, 78.9%, 85.5%)
CMYK33.5%, 78.9%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,514,714
CSS custom property--colour: #912EDA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13036WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness113.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.82:1
Contrast with white5.82:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4F4F4F
Inverted#6ED125

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0063DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#0065D7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48 from the original
Tritanopia#835C85no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.82:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.61:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 5.9Dark violet · ΔE 8.9Dark orchid · ΔE 9.5Medium orchid · ΔE 25.9Medium blue · ΔE 28.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 28.9
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 5.93, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#77DA2E
Analogous#3B2EDA, #DA2ECD
Triadic#DA912E, #2EDA91
Split complementary#CDDA2E, #2EDA3B
Tetradic#DA3B2E, #77DA2E, #2ECDDA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ECDBF9
Lighter +30%#D5B0F1
Lighter +20%#BF85E9
Lighter +10%#A859E2
Darker −10%#7620B5
Darker −20%#5A188A
Darker −30%#3D115E
Darker −40%#210933
More saturated +25%#960FF9
Less saturated −25%#8C4DBB

Channel breakdown

R145
G46
B218
Red145 (56.9%)
Green46 (18%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue274.53°
Saturation (HSL)69.92%
Lightness51.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 91 · G 2E · B DA

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