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Recognised as Colour

#9469DD

  • #9469DD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#9469DD is a violet with RGB values 148, 105, 221 and HSL 262°, 63%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#9469DD#9469DD
HEX#9469DD
RGBrgb(148, 105, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.5804, 0.4118, 0.8667
RGB percentages58%, 41.2%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(262.2, 63%, 63.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.2, 52.5%, 86.7%)
CMYK33%, 52.5%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,726,429
CSS custom property--colour: #9469DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2162WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness136.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.32:1
Contrast with white3.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.32:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7B7B7B
Inverted#6B9622

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3C80E1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#487FDAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.4 from the original
Tritanopia#848099no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.94:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 5.9Slate blue · ΔE 10.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 12.1Medium orchid · ΔE 18.5Royal blue · ΔE 20.2Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 5.91, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B2DD69
Analogous#6978DD, #CE69DD
Triadic#DD9469, #69DD94
Split complementary#DDCE69, #78DD69
Tetradic#DD6978, #B2DD69, #69DDCE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EDE6F9
Lighter +20%#CFBCF0
Lighter +10%#B293E6
Darker −10%#763FD4
Darker −20%#5E29B7
Darker −30%#48208D
Darker −40%#331763
More saturated +25%#8E52F4
Less saturated −25%#9A80C6

Channel breakdown

R148
G105
B221
Red148 (58%)
Green105 (41.2%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue262.24°
Saturation (HSL)63.04%
Lightness63.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 94 · G 69 · B DD

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