Colour

#9370DB

#9370DB
Violet
Dark
Named: Medium purple

#9370DB is the CSS colour violet with RGB values 147, 112, 219 and HSL 260°, 60%, 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#9370DB

RGBrgb(147, 112, 219)

RGB (0–1)0.5765, 0.4392, 0.8588

RGB percentages57.6%, 43.9%, 85.9%

HSLhsl(259.6, 59.8%, 64.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(259.6, 48.9%, 85.9%)

CMYK32.9%, 48.9%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,662,683

CSS custom property--colour: #9370DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22906WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness138.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.58:1

Contrast with white3.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.58:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7F7F7F

Inverted#6C8F24

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4B84DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#5282D8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.5 from the original

Tritanopia#83849Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.76:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 0 Slate blue · ΔE 12.3 Medium slateblue · ΔE 16.1 Royal blue · ΔE 19.8 Medium orchid · ΔE 22.5 Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.1

This is a named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)exact match

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usablemediumpurple

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B8DB70

Analogous#7082DB, #C970DB

Triadic#DB9370, #70DB93

Split complementary#DBC970, #82DB70

Tetradic#DB7082, #B8DB70, #70DBC9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EFEAFA

Lighter +20%#D1C1F0

Lighter +10%#B299E5

Darker −10%#7447D1

Darker −20%#5B2EB7

Darker −30%#47248E

Darker −40%#321A65

More saturated +25%#8B5AF1

Less saturated −25%#9B86C5

Channel breakdown

R147

G112

B219

Red147 (57.6%)

Green112 (43.9%)

Blue219 (85.9%)

Hue259.63°

Saturation (HSL)59.78%

Lightness64.9%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 93 · G 70 · B DB

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Colour values

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