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Recognised as Colour

#940DB3

  • #940DB3
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#940DB3 is a violet with RGB values 148, 13, 179 and HSL 289°, 86%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#940DB3#940DB3
HEX#940DB3
RGBrgb(148, 13, 179)
RGB (0–1)0.5804, 0.051, 0.702
RGB percentages58%, 5.1%, 70.2%
HSLhsl(288.8, 86.5%, 37.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(288.8, 92.7%, 70.2%)
CMYK17.3%, 92.7%, 0%, 29.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,702,835
CSS custom property--colour: #940DB3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09838WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness101.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.08:1
Contrast with white7.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#363636
Inverted#6BF24C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0051B7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#195CB0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 57.5 from the original
Tritanopia#933D69no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.08:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.97:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 8.7Dark violet · ΔE 17.2Dark magenta · ΔE 18.1Medium orchid · ΔE 20.3Blue violet · ΔE 20.4Purple · ΔE 22.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 8.68, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2CB30D
Analogous#410DB3, #B30D7F
Triadic#B3940D, #0DB394
Split complementary#7FB30D, #0DB341
Tetradic#B3410D, #2CB30D, #0D7FB3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E595F7
Lighter +30%#D965F4
Lighter +20%#CE36F0
Lighter +10%#BB10E3
Darker −10%#6D0A83
Darker −20%#450654
Darker −30%#1E0324
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#9C00C0
Less saturated −25%#85259B

Channel breakdown

R148
G13
B179
Red148 (58%)
Green13 (5.1%)
Blue179 (70.2%)
Hue288.8°
Saturation (HSL)86.46%
Lightness37.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 94 · G 0D · B B3

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