Recognised as Colour

#9212EB

#9212EB
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark violet

#9212EB is a violet with RGB values 146, 18, 235 and HSL 275°, 86%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#9212EB#9212EB

HEX#9212EB

RGBrgb(146, 18, 235)

RGB (0–1)0.5725, 0.0706, 0.9216

RGB percentages57.3%, 7.1%, 92.2%

HSLhsl(275.4, 85.8%, 49.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(275.4, 92.3%, 92.2%)

CMYK37.9%, 92.3%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,573,099

CSS custom property--colour: #9212EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12542WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness113.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.99:1

Contrast with white5.99:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3D3D3D

Inverted#6DED14

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0061F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#0063E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.3 from the original

Tritanopia#7F5B8Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 80.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.51:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 10.3 Blue violet · ΔE 10.3 Medium blue · ΔE 23.6 Dark orchid · ΔE 24.1 Blue · ΔE 29.5 Fuchsia · ΔE 33

Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 10.26, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6BEB12

Analogous#2612EB, #EB12D7

Triadic#EB9212, #12EB92

Split complementary#D7EB12, #12EB26

Tetradic#EB2612, #6BEB12, #12D7EB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E9CEFB

Lighter +30%#D39EF8

Lighter +20%#BD6FF4

Lighter +10%#A840F0

Darker −10%#750EBC

Darker −20%#570B8C

Darker −30%#3A075D

Darker −40%#1C032E

More saturated +25%#9500FD

Less saturated −25%#8C32CB

Channel breakdown

R146

G18

B235

Red146 (57.3%)

Green18 (7.1%)

Blue235 (92.2%)

Hue275.39°

Saturation (HSL)85.77%

Lightness49.61%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 92 · G 12 · B EB

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