Recognised as Colour

#931BCA

#931BCA
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark orchid

#931BCA is a violet with RGB values 147, 27, 202 and HSL 281°, 76%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

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HEX#931BCA

RGBrgb(147, 27, 202)

RGB (0–1)0.5765, 0.1059, 0.7922

RGB percentages57.6%, 10.6%, 79.2%

HSLhsl(281.1, 76.4%, 44.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(281.1, 86.6%, 79.2%)

CMYK27.2%, 86.6%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,640,906

CSS custom property--colour: #931BCA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11251WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness107.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.46:1

Contrast with white6.46:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#414141

Inverted#6CE435

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0059CEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46 from the original

Deuteranopia#0060C7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.6 from the original

Tritanopia#8B4D78no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 64 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.25:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 7.7 Dark violet · ΔE 8.3 Blue violet · ΔE 10.6 Medium orchid · ΔE 24.7 Dark magenta · ΔE 28 Indigo · ΔE 29.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 7.73, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#52CA1B

Analogous#3B1BCA, #CA1BAA

Triadic#CA931B, #1BCA93

Split complementary#A9CA1B, #1BCA3C

Tetradic#CA3C1B, #52CA1B, #1BAACA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E3BBF6

Lighter +30%#D18EF0

Lighter +20%#BF61EA

Lighter +10%#AD34E4

Darker −10%#72159D

Darker −20%#520F70

Darker −30%#310943

Darker −40%#100316

More saturated +25%#9D00E5

Less saturated −25%#8838AD

Channel breakdown

R147

G27

B202

Red147 (57.6%)

Green27 (10.6%)

Blue202 (79.2%)

Hue281.14°

Saturation (HSL)76.42%

Lightness44.9%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 93 · G 1B · B CA

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