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Recognised as Colour

#9373CF

  • #9373CF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#9373CF is a violet with RGB values 147, 115, 207 and HSL 261°, 49%, 63%. 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

#9373CF#9373CF
HEX#9373CF
RGBrgb(147, 115, 207)
RGB (0–1)0.5765, 0.451, 0.8118
RGB percentages57.6%, 45.1%, 81.2%
HSLhsl(260.9, 48.9%, 63.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.9, 44.4%, 81.2%)
CMYK29%, 44.4%, 0%, 18.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,663,439
CSS custom property--colour: #9373CF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2297WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness138.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.59:1
Contrast with white3.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.59:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#808080
Inverted#6C8C30

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5884D2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#5E83CDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.6 from the original
Tritanopia#878397no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.75:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 8.4Slate blue · ΔE 18Royal blue · ΔE 23.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 24.1Cornflower blue · ΔE 24.5Dark slateblue · ΔE 25
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 8.38, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AFCF73
Analogous#7381CF, #C173CF
Triadic#CF9373, #73CF93
Split complementary#CFC173, #81CF73
Tetradic#CF7381, #AFCF73, #73CFC1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EBE5F6
Lighter +20%#CEBFE9
Lighter +10%#B099DC
Darker −10%#764DC2
Darker −20%#5E38A4
Darker −30%#482B7E
Darker −40%#321E58
More saturated +25%#8C5BE7
Less saturated −25%#9A8BB8

Channel breakdown

R147
G115
B207
Red147 (57.6%)
Green115 (45.1%)
Blue207 (81.2%)
Hue260.87°
Saturation (HSL)48.94%
Lightness63.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 93 · G 73 · B CF

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