Recognised as Colour

#9370DA

#9370DA
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#9370DA is a violet with RGB values 147, 112, 218 and HSL 260°, 59%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

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HEX#9370DA

RGBrgb(147, 112, 218)

RGB (0–1)0.5765, 0.4392, 0.8549

RGB percentages57.6%, 43.9%, 85.5%

HSLhsl(259.8, 58.9%, 64.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(259.8, 48.6%, 85.5%)

CMYK32.6%, 48.6%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,662,682

CSS custom property--colour: #9370DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22853WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness138.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.57:1

Contrast with white3.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.57:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7F7F7F

Inverted#6C8F25

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4C84DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#5382D7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.4 from the original

Tritanopia#83849Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.77:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 0.5 Slate blue · ΔE 12.6 Medium slateblue · ΔE 16.7 Royal blue · ΔE 20 Medium orchid · ΔE 22.7 Rebecca purple · ΔE 23

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 0.54, indistinguishable to the eye

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B7DA70

Analogous#7082DA, #C870DA

Triadic#DA9370, #70DA93

Split complementary#DAC870, #82DA70

Tetradic#DA7082, #B7DA70, #70DAC8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EFEAF9

Lighter +20%#D0C1EF

Lighter +10%#B299E4

Darker −10%#7447D0

Darker −20%#5B2FB5

Darker −30%#47248D

Darker −40%#321A64

More saturated +25%#8B59F1

Less saturated −25%#9B86C3

Channel breakdown

R147

G112

B218

Red147 (57.6%)

Green112 (43.9%)

Blue218 (85.5%)

Hue259.81°

Saturation (HSL)58.89%

Lightness64.71%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 93 · G 70 · B DA

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