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Recognised as Colour

#9500CB

  • #9500CB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#9500CB is a violet with RGB values 149, 0, 203 and HSL 284°, 100%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#9500CB#9500CB
HEX#9500CB
RGBrgb(149, 0, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.5843, 0, 0.7961
RGB percentages58.4%, 0%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(284, 100%, 39.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(284, 100%, 79.6%)
CMYK26.6%, 100%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,765,067
CSS custom property--colour: #9500CB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10701WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness106.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.69:1
Contrast with white6.69:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E
Inverted#6AFF34

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0056CFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48 from the original
Deuteranopia#005EC8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56.4 from the original
Tritanopia#8E4877no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 65.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.69:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.14:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 4.1Blue violet · ΔE 10.2Dark orchid · ΔE 12.5Medium orchid · ΔE 28.8Medium blue · ΔE 29.7Dark magenta · ΔE 31.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 4.08, a close match
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#36CB00
Analogous#2F00CB, #CB009C
Triadic#CB9500, #00CB95
Split complementary#9BCB00, #00CB30
Tetradic#CB3000, #36CB00, #009CCB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E498FF
Lighter +30%#D665FF
Lighter +20%#C832FF
Lighter +10%#BA00FE
Darker −10%#700098
Darker −20%#4A0065
Darker −30%#250032
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#9500CB
Less saturated −25%#8919B2

Channel breakdown

R149
G0
B203
Red149 (58.4%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue284.04°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness39.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 95 · G 00 · B CB

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