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Recognised as Colour

#9500EC

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

#9500EC is a violet with RGB values 149, 0, 236 and HSL 278°, 100%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#9500EC#9500EC
HEX#9500EC
RGBrgb(149, 0, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.5843, 0, 0.9255
RGB percentages58.4%, 0%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(277.9, 100%, 46.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(277.9, 100%, 92.5%)
CMYK36.9%, 100%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,765,100
CSS custom property--colour: #9500EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12446WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness114 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.02:1
Contrast with white6.02:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#313131
Inverted#6AFF13

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0060F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#0063E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.5 from the original
Tritanopia#83598Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 81.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.02:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.49:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 11.8Blue violet · ΔE 12.9Medium blue · ΔE 24.4Dark orchid · ΔE 26.3Blue · ΔE 28.8Fuchsia · ΔE 32.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 11.78, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#57EC00
Analogous#1F00EC, #EC00CD
Triadic#EC9500, #00EC95
Split complementary#CDEC00, #00EC1F
Tetradic#EC1F00, #57EC00, #00CDEC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E5B9FF
Lighter +30%#D286FF
Lighter +20%#C053FF
Lighter +10%#AD20FF
Darker −10%#7500B9
Darker −20%#550086
Darker −30%#340053
Darker −40%#140020
More saturated +25%#9500EC
Less saturated −25%#8D1DCF

Channel breakdown

R149
G0
B236
Red149 (58.4%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue277.88°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness46.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 95 · G 00 · B EC

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