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Recognised as Colour

#9472EE

  • #9472EE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium slateblue

#9472EE is a violet with RGB values 148, 114, 238 and HSL 256°, 78%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#9472EE#9472EE
HEX#9472EE
RGBrgb(148, 114, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.5804, 0.4471, 0.9333
RGB percentages58%, 44.7%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(256.5, 78.5%, 69%)
HSV / HSBhsv(256.5, 52.1%, 93.3%)
CMYK37.8%, 52.1%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,728,750
CSS custom property--colour: #9472EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24504WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness143.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.9:1
Contrast with white3.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.9:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#828282
Inverted#6B8D11

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3D89F2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#4586EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.5 from the original
Tritanopia#7D8BA5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.56:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 8.5Medium purple · ΔE 9.2Slate blue · ΔE 12.2Royal blue · ΔE 18.5Medium orchid · ΔE 21.3Rebecca purple · ΔE 26.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 8.49, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CCEE72
Analogous#728EEE, #D272EE
Triadic#EE9472, #72EE94
Split complementary#EED272, #8EEE72
Tetradic#EE728E, #CCEE72, #72EED2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FCFBFE
Lighter +20%#D9CDF9
Lighter +10%#B7A0F3
Darker −10%#7144E9
Darker −20%#511BDF
Darker −30%#4015B2
Darker −40%#301084
More saturated +25%#8C61FF
Less saturated −25%#9D86DA

Channel breakdown

R148
G114
B238
Red148 (58%)
Green114 (44.7%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue256.45°
Saturation (HSL)78.48%
Lightness69.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 94 · G 72 · B EE

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