Recognised as Colour

#940ABE

#940ABE
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark orchid

#940ABE is a violet with RGB values 148, 10, 190 and HSL 286°, 90%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

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HEX#940ABE

RGBrgb(148, 10, 190)

RGB (0–1)0.5804, 0.0392, 0.7451

RGB percentages58%, 3.9%, 74.5%

HSLhsl(286, 90%, 39.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(286, 94.7%, 74.5%)

CMYK22.1%, 94.7%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,702,078

CSS custom property--colour: #940ABE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10231WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness103.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.89:1

Contrast with white6.89:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#343434

Inverted#6BF541

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0053C2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#005DBBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 57.3 from the original

Tritanopia#90436Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 60.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.05:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 8 Dark violet · ΔE 11.3 Blue violet · ΔE 15.1 Medium orchid · ΔE 23.5 Dark magenta · ΔE 24 Indigo · ΔE 27.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 8.03, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#34BE0A

Analogous#3A0ABE, #BE0A8E

Triadic#BE940A, #0ABE94

Split complementary#8EBE0A, #0ABE3A

Tetradic#BE3A0A, #34BE0A, #0A8EBE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E39AFA

Lighter +30%#D66AF7

Lighter +20%#C939F5

Lighter +10%#BA0DEE

Darker −10%#6E078E

Darker −20%#49055D

Darker −30%#23022D

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#9900C8

Less saturated −25%#8723A5

Channel breakdown

R148

G10

B190

Red148 (58%)

Green10 (3.9%)

Blue190 (74.5%)

Hue286°

Saturation (HSL)90%

Lightness39.22%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 94 · G 0A · B BE

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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