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Recognised as Colour

#9505FF

  • #9505FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#9505FF is a violet with RGB values 149, 5, 255 and HSL 275°, 100%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#9505FF#9505FF
HEX#9505FF
RGBrgb(149, 5, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5843, 0.0196, 1
RGB percentages58.4%, 2%, 100%
HSLhsl(274.6, 100%, 51%)
HSV / HSBhsv(274.6, 98%, 100%)
CMYK41.6%, 98%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,766,399
CSS custom property--colour: #9505FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13718WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness118.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.61:1
Contrast with white5.61:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#363636
Inverted#6AFA00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0067FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#0066FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.5 from the original
Tritanopia#7B6396no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 90.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.61:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.74:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 20Dark violet · ΔE 20.2Blue · ΔE 23.2Medium blue · ΔE 25.7Dark orchid · ΔE 34.2Fuchsia · ΔE 35
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 20.02, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6FFF05
Analogous#1805FF, #FF05EC
Triadic#FF9505, #05FF95
Split complementary#ECFF05, #05FF18
Tetradic#FF1805, #6FFF05, #05ECFF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EBD1FF
Lighter +30%#D69EFF
Lighter +20%#C06BFF
Lighter +10%#AB38FF
Darker −10%#7800D1
Darker −20%#5B009E
Darker −30%#3E006B
Darker −40%#200038
More saturated +25%#9505FF
Less saturated −25%#9024E0

Channel breakdown

R149
G5
B255
Red149 (58.4%)
Green5 (2%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue274.56°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness50.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 95 · G 05 · B FF

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