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Recognised as Colour

#923ED5

  • #923ED5
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#923ED5 is a violet with RGB values 146, 62, 213 and HSL 273°, 64%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#923ED5#923ED5
HEX#923ED5
RGBrgb(146, 62, 213)
RGB (0–1)0.5725, 0.2431, 0.8353
RGB percentages57.3%, 24.3%, 83.5%
HSLhsl(273.4, 64.3%, 53.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.4, 70.9%, 83.5%)
CMYK31.5%, 70.9%, 0%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,584,341
CSS custom property--colour: #923ED5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1436WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness117.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.42:1
Contrast with white5.42:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5B5B5B
Inverted#6DC12A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0067D9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#006AD2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46 from the original
Tritanopia#866186no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 62.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.42:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.87:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 5.3Blue violet · ΔE 14.8Dark violet · ΔE 17.7Medium orchid · ΔE 18.2Medium slateblue · ΔE 21.4Slate blue · ΔE 25.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 5.31, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#81D53E
Analogous#463ED5, #D53ECD
Triadic#D5923E, #3ED592
Split complementary#CCD53E, #3ED547
Tetradic#D5473E, #81D53E, #3ECDD5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1E6F9
Lighter +30%#D9BCF0
Lighter +20%#C192E7
Lighter +10%#AA68DE
Darker −10%#7828B8
Darker −20%#5D1F8E
Darker −30%#411664
Darker −40%#260D3A
More saturated +25%#9521F2
Less saturated −25%#8F5BB8

Channel breakdown

R146
G62
B213
Red146 (57.3%)
Green62 (24.3%)
Blue213 (83.5%)
Hue273.38°
Saturation (HSL)64.26%
Lightness53.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 92 · G 3E · B D5

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