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Recognised as Colour

#9257BF

  • #9257BF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#9257BF is a violet with RGB values 146, 87, 191 and HSL 274°, 45%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#9257BF#9257BF
HEX#9257BF
RGBrgb(146, 87, 191)
RGB (0–1)0.5725, 0.3412, 0.749
RGB percentages57.3%, 34.1%, 74.9%
HSLhsl(274, 44.8%, 54.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(274, 54.5%, 74.9%)
CMYK23.6%, 54.5%, 0%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,590,719
CSS custom property--colour: #9257BF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16689WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness122.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.84:1
Contrast with white4.84:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6B6B6B
Inverted#6DA840

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#366FC2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#4A72BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.7 from the original
Tritanopia#8C6A83no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.84:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.34:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 10.9Slate blue · ΔE 14.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 15.1Medium orchid · ΔE 16.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 20.6Orchid · ΔE 21.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 10.91, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#84BF57
Analogous#5E57BF, #BF57B8
Triadic#BF9257, #57BF92
Split complementary#B8BF57, #57BF5E
Tetradic#BF5E57, #84BF57, #57B8BF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F2EBF7
Lighter +30%#DAC6E9
Lighter +20%#C2A1DB
Lighter +10%#AA7CCD
Darker −10%#783FA4
Darker −20%#5D317F
Darker −30%#42225B
Darker −40%#271436
More saturated +25%#963ADC
Less saturated −25%#8E74A2

Channel breakdown

R146
G87
B191
Red146 (57.3%)
Green87 (34.1%)
Blue191 (74.9%)
Hue274.04°
Saturation (HSL)44.83%
Lightness54.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 92 · G 57 · B BF

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