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Recognised as Colour

#9460BF

  • #9460BF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#9460BF is a violet with RGB values 148, 96, 191 and HSL 273°, 43%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#9460BF#9460BF
HEX#9460BF
RGBrgb(148, 96, 191)
RGB (0–1)0.5804, 0.3765, 0.749
RGB percentages58%, 37.6%, 74.9%
HSLhsl(272.8, 42.6%, 56.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(272.8, 49.7%, 74.9%)
CMYK22.5%, 49.7%, 0%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,724,095
CSS custom property--colour: #9460BF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18423WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness127 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.68:1
Contrast with white4.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.68:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#727272
Inverted#6B9F40

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4675C2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#5578BDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.3 from the original
Tritanopia#8E7087no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.48:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 9.8Slate blue · ΔE 16.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 18.2Medium orchid · ΔE 20.9Orchid · ΔE 21.9Dark slateblue · ΔE 23.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 9.8, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8BBF60
Analogous#6560BF, #BF60BA
Triadic#BF9460, #60BF94
Split complementary#BABF60, #60BF65
Tetradic#BF6560, #8BBF60, #60BABF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F6F1FA
Lighter +30%#DDCDEB
Lighter +20%#C5A9DC
Lighter +10%#AC84CE
Darker −10%#7B44A8
Darker −20%#603584
Darker −30%#462660
Darker −40%#2B183B
More saturated +25%#9744DB
Less saturated −25%#917CA3

Channel breakdown

R148
G96
B191
Red148 (58%)
Green96 (37.6%)
Blue191 (74.9%)
Hue272.84°
Saturation (HSL)42.6%
Lightness56.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 94 · G 60 · B BF

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