Colour

#9309FF

#9309FF
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#9309FF is a violet with RGB values 147, 9, 255 and HSL 274°, 100%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#9309FF#9309FF

HEX#9309FF

RGBrgb(147, 9, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.5765, 0.0353, 1

RGB percentages57.6%, 3.5%, 100%

HSLhsl(273.7, 100%, 51.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(273.7, 96.5%, 100%)

CMYK42.4%, 96.5%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,636,351

CSS custom property--colour: #9309FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13618WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness118 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.64:1

Contrast with white5.64:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#383838

Inverted#6CF600

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0067FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50 from the original

Deuteranopia#0065FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.3 from the original

Tritanopia#786496no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 91.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.72:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 19.8 Dark violet · ΔE 20.2 Blue · ΔE 22.8 Medium blue · ΔE 25.2 Dark orchid · ΔE 34.1 Fuchsia · ΔE 35.5

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 19.77, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#75FF09

Analogous#1809FF, #FF09F0

Triadic#FF9309, #09FF93

Split complementary#F0FF09, #09FF18

Tetradic#FF1809, #75FF09, #09F0FF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#EDD5FF

Lighter +30%#D6A2FF

Lighter +20%#C06FFF

Lighter +10%#A93CFF

Darker −10%#7700D5

Darker −20%#5B00A2

Darker −30%#3E006F

Darker −40%#22003C

More saturated +25%#9309FF

Less saturated −25%#8F28E0

Channel breakdown

R147

B255

Red147 (57.6%)

Green9 (3.5%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue273.66°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness51.76%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 93 · G 09 · B FF

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