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Recognised as Colour

#9239FB

  • #9239FB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#9239FB is a violet with RGB values 146, 57, 251 and HSL 268°, 96%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#9239FB#9239FB
HEX#9239FB
RGBrgb(146, 57, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.5725, 0.2235, 0.9843
RGB percentages57.3%, 22.4%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(267.5, 96%, 60.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(267.5, 77.3%, 98.4%)
CMYK41.8%, 77.3%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,583,099
CSS custom property--colour: #9239FB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16002WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness124.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5:1
Contrast with white5:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5A5A5A
Inverted#6DC604

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0070FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#006DF7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.4 from the original
Tritanopia#776F9Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 83.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.2:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 8.1Dark violet · ΔE 13.7Dark orchid · ΔE 22.2Medium blue · ΔE 24.8Blue · ΔE 31.5Medium slateblue · ΔE 34.8
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 8.07, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A2FB39
Analogous#3941FB, #F339FB
Triadic#FB9239, #39FB92
Split complementary#FBF339, #41FB39
Tetradic#FB3941, #A2FB39, #39FBF3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E5CFFE
Lighter +20%#C99DFD
Lighter +10%#AE6BFC
Darker −10%#7607FA
Darker −20%#5F04CA
Darker −30%#470398
Darker −40%#300266
More saturated +25%#9235FF
Less saturated −25%#9452E2

Channel breakdown

R146
G57
B251
Red146 (57.3%)
Green57 (22.4%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue267.53°
Saturation (HSL)96.04%
Lightness60.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 92 · G 39 · B FB

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