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Recognised as Colour

#940DCB

  • #940DCB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#940DCB is a violet with RGB values 148, 13, 203 and HSL 283°, 88%, 42%. 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

#940DCB#940DCB
HEX#940DCB
RGBrgb(148, 13, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.5804, 0.051, 0.7961
RGB percentages58%, 5.1%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(282.6, 88%, 42.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(282.6, 93.6%, 79.6%)
CMYK27.1%, 93.6%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,702,859
CSS custom property--colour: #940DCB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10896WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness106.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.61:1
Contrast with white6.61:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#373737
Inverted#6BF234

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0057CFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#005FC8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.4 from the original
Tritanopia#8D4A77no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 65.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.61:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.18:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 5.3Blue violet · ΔE 9.8Dark orchid · ΔE 10.9Medium orchid · ΔE 27.5Medium blue · ΔE 29.9Dark magenta · ΔE 30.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 5.26, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#44CB0D
Analogous#350DCB, #CB0DA3
Triadic#CB940D, #0DCB94
Split complementary#A3CB0D, #0DCB35
Tetradic#CB350D, #44CB0D, #0DA3CB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E3AAFA
Lighter +30%#D37AF7
Lighter +20%#C34BF3
Lighter +10%#B21BF0
Darker −10%#710A9B
Darker −20%#4E076B
Darker −30%#2B043B
Darker −40%#08010B
More saturated +25%#9900D8
Less saturated −25%#8928B0

Channel breakdown

R148
G13
B203
Red148 (58%)
Green13 (5.1%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue282.63°
Saturation (HSL)87.96%
Lightness42.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 94 · G 0D · B CB

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