Recognised as Colour

#9175CA

#9175CA
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#9175CA is a violet with RGB values 145, 117, 202 and HSL 260°, 45%, 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

#9175CA#9175CA

HEX#9175CA

RGBrgb(145, 117, 202)

RGB (0–1)0.5686, 0.4588, 0.7922

RGB percentages56.9%, 45.9%, 79.2%

HSLhsl(259.8, 44.5%, 62.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(259.8, 42.1%, 79.2%)

CMYK28.2%, 42.1%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,532,874

CSS custom property--colour: #9175CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23007WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness137.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.6:1

Contrast with white3.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.6:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#818181

Inverted#6E8A35

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5D84CDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#6283C8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.3 from the original

Tritanopia#858496no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.75:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 12.5 Slate blue · ΔE 21.2 Cornflower blue · ΔE 22.7 Dark slateblue · ΔE 24.5 Plum · ΔE 26.1 Royal blue · ΔE 26.1

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 12.47, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AECA75

Analogous#7584CA, #BB75CA

Triadic#CA9175, #75CA91

Split complementary#CABB75, #84CA75

Tetradic#CA7584, #AECA75, #75CABB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E9E4F4

Lighter +20%#CCBFE6

Lighter +10%#AE9AD8

Darker −10%#7450BC

Darker −20%#5C3C9D

Darker −30%#462E78

Darker −40%#312053

More saturated +25%#895DE2

Less saturated −25%#998DB2

Channel breakdown

R145

G117

B202

Red145 (56.9%)

Green117 (45.9%)

Blue202 (79.2%)

Hue259.76°

Saturation (HSL)44.5%

Lightness62.55%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 91 · G 75 · B CA

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