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Recognised as Colour

#9500EA

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

#9500EA is a violet with RGB values 149, 0, 234 and HSL 278°, 100%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#9500EA#9500EA
HEX#9500EA
RGBrgb(149, 0, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.5843, 0, 0.9176
RGB percentages58.4%, 0%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(278.2, 100%, 45.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(278.2, 100%, 91.8%)
CMYK36.3%, 100%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,765,098
CSS custom property--colour: #9500EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1233WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness113.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.06:1
Contrast with white6.06:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#313131
Inverted#6AFF15

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0060EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48 from the original
Deuteranopia#0062E6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.2 from the original
Tritanopia#845889no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 80.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.06:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.47:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 10.8Blue violet · ΔE 12.2Medium blue · ΔE 24.5Dark orchid · ΔE 25.4Blue · ΔE 29.5Fuchsia · ΔE 31.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 10.84, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#55EA00
Analogous#2000EA, #EA00CA
Triadic#EA9500, #00EA95
Split complementary#CAEA00, #00EA20
Tetradic#EA2000, #55EA00, #00CAEA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E5B7FF
Lighter +30%#D284FF
Lighter +20%#C051FF
Lighter +10%#AD1EFF
Darker −10%#7500B7
Darker −20%#540084
Darker −30%#340051
Darker −40%#13001E
More saturated +25%#9500EA
Less saturated −25%#8D1DCD

Channel breakdown

R149
G0
B234
Red149 (58.4%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue278.21°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness45.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 95 · G 00 · B EA

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