Recognised as Colour

#940FF0

#940FF0
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark violet

#940FF0 is a violet with RGB values 148, 15, 240 and HSL 275°, 88%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#940FF0#940FF0

HEX#940FF0

RGBrgb(148, 15, 240)

RGB (0–1)0.5804, 0.0588, 0.9412

RGB percentages58%, 5.9%, 94.1%

HSLhsl(275.5, 88.2%, 50%)

HSV / HSBhsv(275.5, 93.8%, 94.1%)

CMYK38.3%, 93.8%, 0%, 5.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,703,408

CSS custom property--colour: #940FF0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12929WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness115.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.86:1

Contrast with white5.86:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3C3C3C

Inverted#6BF00F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0063F5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#0064ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.7 from the original

Tritanopia#805D8Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 82.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.59:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 12.6 Blue violet · ΔE 12.7 Medium blue · ΔE 24 Dark orchid · ΔE 26.5 Blue · ΔE 28 Fuchsia · ΔE 32.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 12.57, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6BF00F

Analogous#240FF0, #F00FDB

Triadic#F0940F, #0FF094

Split complementary#DBF00F, #0FF024

Tetradic#F0240F, #6BF00F, #0FDBF0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EACFFC

Lighter +30%#D49FF9

Lighter +20%#BF6FF6

Lighter +10%#A93FF3

Darker −10%#760CC0

Darker −20%#590990

Darker −30%#3B0660

Darker −40%#1E0330

More saturated +25%#9700FF

Less saturated −25%#8E2FD0

Channel breakdown

R148

G15

B240

Red148 (58%)

Green15 (5.9%)

Blue240 (94.1%)

Hue275.47°

Saturation (HSL)88.24%

Lightness50%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 94 · G 0F · B F0

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