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Recognised as Colour

#940ED4

  • #940ED4
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#940ED4 is a violet with RGB values 148, 14, 212 and HSL 281°, 88%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#940ED4#940ED4
HEX#940ED4
RGBrgb(148, 14, 212)
RGB (0–1)0.5804, 0.0549, 0.8314
RGB percentages58%, 5.5%, 83.1%
HSLhsl(280.6, 87.6%, 44.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.6, 93.4%, 83.1%)
CMYK30.2%, 93.4%, 0%, 16.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,703,124
CSS custom property--colour: #940ED4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11363WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness108.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.42:1
Contrast with white6.42:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#393939
Inverted#6BF12B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005AD9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#0060D1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54.1 from the original
Tritanopia#8A4F7Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.42:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.27:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 1.6Blue violet · ΔE 7.3Dark orchid · ΔE 14.3Medium blue · ΔE 27.5Medium orchid · ΔE 30.7Fuchsia · ΔE 32.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 1.56, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4ED40E
Analogous#310ED4, #D40EB1
Triadic#D4940E, #0ED494
Split complementary#B1D40E, #0ED431
Tetradic#D4310E, #4ED40E, #0EB1D4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E3B4FA
Lighter +30%#D284F7
Lighter +20%#C054F4
Lighter +10%#AF24F1
Darker −10%#730BA4
Darker −20%#510874
Darker −30%#300544
Darker −40%#0E0115
More saturated +25%#9900E2
Less saturated −25%#8A2AB8

Channel breakdown

R148
G14
B212
Red148 (58%)
Green14 (5.5%)
Blue212 (83.1%)
Hue280.61°
Saturation (HSL)87.61%
Lightness44.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 94 · G 0E · B D4

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