Colour

#9400D3

#9400D3
Violet
Dark
Named: Dark violet

#9400D3 is the CSS colour violet with RGB values 148, 0, 211 and HSL 282°, 100%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

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HEX#9400D3

RGBrgb(148, 0, 211)

RGB (0–1)0.5804, 0, 0.8275

RGB percentages58%, 0%, 82.7%

HSLhsl(282.1, 100%, 41.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(282.1, 100%, 82.7%)

CMYK29.9%, 100%, 0%, 17.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,699,539

CSS custom property--colour: #9400D3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10999WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness107.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.56:1

Contrast with white6.56:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2F2F2F

Inverted#6BFF2C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0058D8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#005FD0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.3 from the original

Tritanopia#8A4C7Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 70 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.2:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 0 Blue violet · ΔE 8.3 Dark orchid · ΔE 15.6 Medium blue · ΔE 27.3 Fuchsia · ΔE 31.6 Magenta · ΔE 31.6

This is a named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)exact match

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usabledarkviolet

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3FD300

Analogous#2A00D3, #D300A9

Triadic#D39400, #00D394

Split complementary#A8D300, #00D32B

Tetradic#D32B00, #3FD300, #00A9D3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E3A0FF

Lighter +30%#D36DFF

Lighter +20%#C43AFF

Lighter +10%#B507FF

Darker −10%#7000A0

Darker −20%#4C006D

Darker −30%#29003A

Darker −40%#050007

More saturated +25%#9400D3

Less saturated −25%#891AB9

Channel breakdown

R148

B211

Red148 (58%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue211 (82.7%)

Hue282.09°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness41.37%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 94 · G 00 · B D3

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Colour values

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