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Recognised as Colour

#933CD9

  • #933CD9
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#933CD9 is a violet with RGB values 147, 60, 217 and HSL 273°, 67%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#933CD9#933CD9
HEX#933CD9
RGBrgb(147, 60, 217)
RGB (0–1)0.5765, 0.2353, 0.851
RGB percentages57.6%, 23.5%, 85.1%
HSLhsl(273.2, 67.4%, 54.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.2, 72.4%, 85.1%)
CMYK32.3%, 72.4%, 0%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,649,369
CSS custom property--colour: #933CD9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14445WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness118.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.4:1
Contrast with white5.4:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5A5A5A
Inverted#6CC326

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0068DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#006AD6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.4 from the original
Tritanopia#866287no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 65.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.4:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.89:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 5.8Blue violet · ΔE 12.1Dark violet · ΔE 15.3Medium orchid · ΔE 20.2Medium slateblue · ΔE 23.1Slate blue · ΔE 27.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 5.77, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#82D93C
Analogous#443CD9, #D93CD1
Triadic#D9933C, #3CD993
Split complementary#D1D93C, #3CD944
Tetradic#D9443C, #82D93C, #3CD1D9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F2E7FA
Lighter +30%#DABCF2
Lighter +20%#C291EA
Lighter +10%#AB67E1
Darker −10%#7925BD
Darker −20%#5E1D92
Darker −30%#431468
Darker −40%#270C3D
More saturated +25%#961FF6
Less saturated −25%#9059BC

Channel breakdown

R147
G60
B217
Red147 (57.6%)
Green60 (23.5%)
Blue217 (85.1%)
Hue273.25°
Saturation (HSL)67.38%
Lightness54.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 93 · G 3C · B D9

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