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Recognised as Colour

#9506BA

  • #9506BA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#9506BA is a violet with RGB values 149, 6, 186 and HSL 288°, 94%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#9506BA#9506BA
HEX#9506BA
RGBrgb(149, 6, 186)
RGB (0–1)0.5843, 0.0235, 0.7294
RGB percentages58.4%, 2.4%, 72.9%
HSLhsl(287.7, 93.7%, 37.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(287.7, 96.8%, 72.9%)
CMYK19.9%, 96.8%, 0%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,766,586
CSS custom property--colour: #9506BA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10065WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness103 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.97:1
Contrast with white6.97:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#313131
Inverted#6AF945

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0052BEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#005DB7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 58.8 from the original
Tritanopia#92406Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.97:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.01:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 8.3Dark violet · ΔE 13.1Blue violet · ΔE 17Dark magenta · ΔE 22.1Medium orchid · ΔE 22.7Purple · ΔE 26.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 8.31, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2BBA06
Analogous#3B06BA, #BA0685
Triadic#BA9506, #06BA95
Split complementary#85BA06, #06BA3B
Tetradic#BA3B06, #2BBA06, #0685BA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E591FB
Lighter +30%#DA5FFA
Lighter +20%#CF2EF8
Lighter +10%#BD08EB
Darker −10%#6D0489
Darker −20%#460357
Darker −30%#1E0126
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#9900C0
Less saturated −25%#871EA2

Channel breakdown

R149
G6
B186
Red149 (58.4%)
Green6 (2.4%)
Blue186 (72.9%)
Hue287.67°
Saturation (HSL)93.75%
Lightness37.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 95 · G 06 · B BA

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