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Recognised as Colour

#9506F6

  • #9506F6
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#9506F6 is a violet with RGB values 149, 6, 246 and HSL 276°, 95%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#9506F6#9506F6
HEX#9506F6
RGBrgb(149, 6, 246)
RGB (0–1)0.5843, 0.0235, 0.9647
RGB percentages58.4%, 2.4%, 96.5%
HSLhsl(275.8, 95.2%, 49.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(275.8, 97.6%, 96.5%)
CMYK39.4%, 97.6%, 0%, 3.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,766,646
CSS custom property--colour: #9506F6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13174WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness116.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.78:1
Contrast with white5.78:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#363636
Inverted#6AF909

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0064FBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#0065F2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.4 from the original
Tritanopia#7F5F91no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 86.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.78:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.63:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 16Blue violet · ΔE 16.1Medium blue · ΔE 24.7Blue · ΔE 25.8Dark orchid · ΔE 30.1Fuchsia · ΔE 33.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 15.96, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#67F606
Analogous#1D06F6, #F606DF
Triadic#F69506, #06F695
Split complementary#DFF606, #06F61D
Tetradic#F61D06, #67F606, #06DFF6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E9CAFE
Lighter +30%#D499FD
Lighter +20%#BF67FB
Lighter +10%#AA35FA
Darker −10%#7705C4
Darker −20%#590492
Darker −30%#3B0261
Darker −40%#1C012F
More saturated +25%#9600FC
Less saturated −25%#8F26D6

Channel breakdown

R149
G6
B246
Red149 (58.4%)
Green6 (2.4%)
Blue246 (96.5%)
Hue275.75°
Saturation (HSL)95.24%
Lightness49.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 95 · G 06 · B F6

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