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Colour

#9500BC

  • #9500BC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#9500BC is a violet with RGB values 149, 0, 188 and HSL 288°, 100%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#9500BC#9500BC
HEX#9500BC
RGBrgb(149, 0, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.5843, 0, 0.7373
RGB percentages58.4%, 0%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(287.6, 100%, 36.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(287.6, 100%, 73.7%)
CMYK20.7%, 100%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,765,052
CSS custom property--colour: #9500BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1002WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness103.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.99:1
Contrast with white6.99:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2D2D2D
Inverted#6AFF43

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0052C0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#005CB9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 58.3 from the original
Tritanopia#92406Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.99:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 9Dark violet · ΔE 11.5Blue violet · ΔE 15.8Dark magenta · ΔE 23.7Medium orchid · ΔE 24Indigo · ΔE 27.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 9, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#27BC00
Analogous#3700BC, #BC0085
Triadic#BC9500, #00BC95
Split complementary#85BC00, #00BC37
Tetradic#BC3700, #27BC00, #0085BC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E789FF
Lighter +30%#DC56FF
Lighter +20%#D123FF
Lighter +10%#BD00EF
Darker −10%#6D0089
Darker −20%#440056
Darker −30%#1C0023
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#9500BC
Less saturated −25%#8718A5

Channel breakdown

R149
G0
B188
Red149 (58.4%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue287.55°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness36.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 95 · G 00 · B BC

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