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Recognised as Colour

#940EFF

  • #940EFF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#940EFF is a violet with RGB values 148, 14, 255 and HSL 273°, 100%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#940EFF#940EFF
HEX#940EFF
RGBrgb(148, 14, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5804, 0.0549, 1
RGB percentages58%, 5.5%, 100%
HSLhsl(273.4, 100%, 52.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.4, 94.5%, 100%)
CMYK42%, 94.5%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,703,167
CSS custom property--colour: #940EFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1383WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness118.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.58:1
Contrast with white5.58:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3C3C3C
Inverted#6BF100

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0067FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#0066FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.5 from the original
Tritanopia#796497no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 90.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.58:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.77:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 19.1Dark violet · ΔE 19.6Blue · ΔE 23.3Medium blue · ΔE 25.2Dark orchid · ΔE 33.5Fuchsia · ΔE 35.1
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 19.14, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#79FF0E
Analogous#1C0EFF, #FF0EF1
Triadic#FF940E, #0EFF94
Split complementary#F2FF0E, #0EFF1B
Tetradic#FF1B0E, #79FF0E, #0EF1FF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFDAFF
Lighter +30%#D8A7FF
Lighter +20%#C174FF
Lighter +10%#AB41FF
Darker −10%#7900DA
Darker −20%#5D00A7
Darker −30%#400074
Darker −40%#240041
More saturated +25%#940EFF
Less saturated −25%#912CE1

Channel breakdown

R148
G14
B255
Red148 (58%)
Green14 (5.5%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue273.36°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness52.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 94 · G 0E · B FF

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