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Recognised as Colour

#9266BB

  • #9266BB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#9266BB is a violet with RGB values 146, 102, 187 and HSL 271°, 38%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#9266BB#9266BB
HEX#9266BB
RGBrgb(146, 102, 187)
RGB (0–1)0.5725, 0.4, 0.7333
RGB percentages57.3%, 40%, 73.3%
HSLhsl(271.1, 38.5%, 56.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(271.1, 45.5%, 73.3%)
CMYK21.9%, 45.5%, 0%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,594,555
CSS custom property--colour: #9266BB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19202WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness128.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.84:1
Contrast with white4.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.84:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#757575
Inverted#6D9944

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5178BEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27 from the original
Deuteranopia#5C7AB9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.3 from the original
Tritanopia#8C7488no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.34:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 12.7Slate blue · ΔE 20.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.8Dark slateblue · ΔE 22.1Orchid · ΔE 24.4Medium orchid · ΔE 26.5
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 12.75, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8FBB66
Analogous#6766BB, #BB66BA
Triadic#BB9266, #66BB92
Split complementary#B9BB66, #66BB68
Tetradic#BB6866, #8FBB66, #66BABB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F7F3FA
Lighter +30%#DDD0EA
Lighter +20%#C4ADDA
Lighter +10%#AB89CB
Darker −10%#7949A5
Darker −20%#5F3A81
Darker −30%#452A5E
Darker −40%#2B1A3B
More saturated +25%#934AD7
Less saturated −25%#91829F

Channel breakdown

R146
G102
B187
Red146 (57.3%)
Green102 (40%)
Blue187 (73.3%)
Hue271.06°
Saturation (HSL)38.46%
Lightness56.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 92 · G 66 · B BB

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