Recognised as Colour

#9481CB

#9481CB
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Cornflower blue

#9481CB is a violet with RGB values 148, 129, 203 and HSL 255°, 42%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

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HEX#9481CB

RGBrgb(148, 129, 203)

RGB (0–1)0.5804, 0.5059, 0.7961

RGB percentages58%, 50.6%, 79.6%

HSLhsl(255.4, 41.6%, 65.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(255.4, 36.5%, 79.6%)

CMYK27.1%, 36.5%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,732,555

CSS custom property--colour: #9481CB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26308WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness145 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.26:1

Contrast with white3.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.26:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A

Inverted#6B7E34

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6D8DCEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#708BC9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.4 from the original

Tritanopia#898E9Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.35:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 19.7 Medium purple · ΔE 20 Plum · ΔE 22.4 Steel blue · ΔE 28.1 Dark slateblue · ΔE 28.4 Slate blue · ΔE 28.6

Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 19.71, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B8CB81

Analogous#8193CB, #B981CB

Triadic#CB9481, #81CB94

Split complementary#CBB981, #93CB81

Tetradic#CB8193, #B8CB81, #81CBB9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F0EDF8

Lighter +20%#D1C9E9

Lighter +10%#B3A5DA

Darker −10%#755DBC

Darker −20%#5C43A3

Darker −30%#47347F

Darker −40%#33255B

More saturated +25%#896BE1

Less saturated −25%#9F97B5

Channel breakdown

R148

G129

B203

Red148 (58%)

Green129 (50.6%)

Blue203 (79.6%)

Hue255.41°

Saturation (HSL)41.57%

Lightness65.1%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 94 · G 81 · B CB

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