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Recognised as Colour

#9240F8

  • #9240F8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#9240F8 is a violet with RGB values 146, 64, 248 and HSL 267°, 93%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#9240F8#9240F8
HEX#9240F8
RGBrgb(146, 64, 248)
RGB (0–1)0.5725, 0.251, 0.9725
RGB percentages57.3%, 25.1%, 97.3%
HSLhsl(266.7, 92.9%, 61.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(266.7, 74.2%, 97.3%)
CMYK41.1%, 74.2%, 0%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,584,888
CSS custom property--colour: #9240F8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16555WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness125.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.87:1
Contrast with white4.87:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5F5F5F
Inverted#6DBF07

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0071FDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#006FF4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.3 from the original
Tritanopia#78719Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 80.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.87:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.31:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 6.7Dark violet · ΔE 13.8Dark orchid · ΔE 18.8Medium blue · ΔE 26.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 30.3Medium orchid · ΔE 32.6
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 6.65, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A6F840
Analogous#404AF8, #EE40F8
Triadic#F89240, #40F892
Split complementary#F8EE40, #4AF840
Tetradic#F8404A, #A6F840, #40F8EE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E6D4FD
Lighter +20%#CAA2FC
Lighter +10%#AE71FA
Darker −10%#760FF6
Darker −20%#5E07CB
Darker −30%#470699
Darker −40%#310468
More saturated +25%#9139FF
Less saturated −25%#9559DF

Channel breakdown

R146
G64
B248
Red146 (57.3%)
Green64 (25.1%)
Blue248 (97.3%)
Hue266.74°
Saturation (HSL)92.93%
Lightness61.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 92 · G 40 · B F8

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