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Recognised as Colour

#9221EB

  • #9221EB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#9221EB is a violet with RGB values 146, 33, 235 and HSL 274°, 83%, 53%. 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

#9221EB#9221EB
HEX#9221EB
RGBrgb(146, 33, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.5725, 0.1294, 0.9216
RGB percentages57.3%, 12.9%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(273.6, 83.5%, 52.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.6, 86%, 92.2%)
CMYK37.9%, 86%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,576,939
CSS custom property--colour: #9221EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13197WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness115.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.77:1
Contrast with white5.77:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#484848
Inverted#6DDE14

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0064F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0065E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.5 from the original
Tritanopia#7F5F8Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 79.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.77:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.64:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 6.9Dark violet · ΔE 8.8Dark orchid · ΔE 21.1Medium blue · ΔE 23.9Blue · ΔE 31.5Fuchsia · ΔE 33.4
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 6.95, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7AEB21
Analogous#2D21EB, #EB21DF
Triadic#EB9221, #21EB92
Split complementary#DFEB21, #21EB2D
Tetradic#EB2D21, #7AEB21, #21DFEB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EEDCFC
Lighter +30%#D7ADF8
Lighter +20%#C07FF3
Lighter +10%#A950EF
Darker −10%#7712C7
Darker −20%#5B0E98
Darker −30%#3F0A69
Darker −40%#23053B
More saturated +25%#940DFF
Less saturated −25%#8E3FCD

Channel breakdown

R146
G33
B235
Red146 (57.3%)
Green33 (12.9%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue273.56°
Saturation (HSL)83.47%
Lightness52.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 92 · G 21 · B EB

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