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Recognised as Colour

#9507CA

  • #9507CA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#9507CA is a violet with RGB values 149, 7, 202 and HSL 284°, 93%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#9507CA#9507CA
HEX#9507CA
RGBrgb(149, 7, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.5843, 0.0275, 0.7922
RGB percentages58.4%, 2.7%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(283.7, 93.3%, 41%)
HSV / HSBhsv(283.7, 96.5%, 79.2%)
CMYK26.2%, 96.5%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,766,858
CSS custom property--colour: #9507CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10806WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness106.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.64:1
Contrast with white6.64:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#333333
Inverted#6AF835

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0057CEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#005FC7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56.5 from the original
Tritanopia#8E4876no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 65.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.64:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.16:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 5.2Blue violet · ΔE 10.4Dark orchid · ΔE 11.2Medium orchid · ΔE 27.6Dark magenta · ΔE 30Medium blue · ΔE 30.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 5.25, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3CCA07
Analogous#3307CA, #CA079E
Triadic#CA9507, #07CA95
Split complementary#9ECA07, #07CA33
Tetradic#CA3307, #3CCA07, #079ECA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E3A1FC
Lighter +30%#D570FA
Lighter +20%#C63FF8
Lighter +10%#B70DF7
Darker −10%#710599
Darker −20%#4C0467
Darker −30%#280236
Darker −40%#040005
More saturated +25%#9800D1
Less saturated −25%#8921B0

Channel breakdown

R149
G7
B202
Red149 (58.4%)
Green7 (2.7%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue283.69°
Saturation (HSL)93.3%
Lightness40.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 95 · G 07 · B CA

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