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Recognised as Colour

#9477D5

  • #9477D5
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#9477D5 is a violet with RGB values 148, 119, 213 and HSL 259°, 53%, 65%. 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 purple.

Colour values

#9477D5#9477D5
HEX#9477D5
RGBrgb(148, 119, 213)
RGB (0–1)0.5804, 0.4667, 0.8353
RGB percentages58%, 46.7%, 83.5%
HSLhsl(258.5, 52.8%, 65.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(258.5, 44.1%, 83.5%)
CMYK30.5%, 44.1%, 0%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,730,005
CSS custom property--colour: #9477D5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24294WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness141.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.86:1
Contrast with white3.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.86:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#848484
Inverted#6B882A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5A88D8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#6086D3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.5 from the original
Tritanopia#86889Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.58:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 7.8Slate blue · ΔE 17.9Royal blue · ΔE 23.1Cornflower blue · ΔE 23.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 23.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 26.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 7.84, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B8D577
Analogous#7789D5, #C377D5
Triadic#D59477, #77D594
Split complementary#D5C377, #89D577
Tetradic#D57789, #B8D577, #77D5C3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F0ECF9
Lighter +20%#D1C5ED
Lighter +10%#B39EE1
Darker −10%#7550C9
Darker −20%#5C36B0
Darker −30%#472A89
Darker −40%#331E62
More saturated +25%#8B61EB
Less saturated −25%#9D8DBF

Channel breakdown

R148
G119
B213
Red148 (58%)
Green119 (46.7%)
Blue213 (83.5%)
Hue258.51°
Saturation (HSL)52.81%
Lightness65.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 94 · G 77 · B D5

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