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Recognised as Colour

#9503D6

  • #9503D6
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#9503D6 is a violet with RGB values 149, 3, 214 and HSL 282°, 97%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#9503D6#9503D6
HEX#9503D6
RGBrgb(149, 3, 214)
RGB (0–1)0.5843, 0.0118, 0.8392
RGB percentages58.4%, 1.2%, 83.9%
HSLhsl(281.5, 97.2%, 42.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(281.5, 98.6%, 83.9%)
CMYK30.4%, 98.6%, 0%, 16.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,765,846
CSS custom property--colour: #9503D6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1131WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness108.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.44:1
Contrast with white6.44:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#313131
Inverted#6AFC29

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005ADBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#0060D3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.1 from the original
Tritanopia#8B4E7Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.44:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.26:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 1.1Blue violet · ΔE 8Dark orchid · ΔE 16.4Medium blue · ΔE 27Fuchsia · ΔE 31.3Magenta · ΔE 31.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 1.08, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#44D603
Analogous#2B03D6, #D603AE
Triadic#D69503, #03D695
Split complementary#AED603, #03D62B
Tetradic#D62B03, #44D603, #03AED6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E3A7FE
Lighter +30%#D375FD
Lighter +20%#C343FC
Lighter +10%#B310FC
Darker −10%#7202A4
Darker −20%#4F0271
Darker −30%#2C013F
Darker −40%#09000D
More saturated +25%#9600D9
Less saturated −25%#8B1EBB

Channel breakdown

R149
G3
B214
Red149 (58.4%)
Green3 (1.2%)
Blue214 (83.9%)
Hue281.52°
Saturation (HSL)97.24%
Lightness42.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 95 · G 03 · B D6

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