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Recognised as Colour

#9508EF

  • #9508EF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#9508EF is a violet with RGB values 149, 8, 239 and HSL 277°, 94%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#9508EF#9508EF
HEX#9508EF
RGBrgb(149, 8, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.5843, 0.0314, 0.9373
RGB percentages58.4%, 3.1%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(276.6, 93.5%, 48.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(276.6, 96.7%, 93.7%)
CMYK37.7%, 96.7%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,767,151
CSS custom property--colour: #9508EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12795WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness114.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.9:1
Contrast with white5.9:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#373737
Inverted#6AF710

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0062F4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#0064EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.8 from the original
Tritanopia#825C8Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 82.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.9:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.56:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 12.5Blue violet · ΔE 13.1Medium blue · ΔE 24.3Dark orchid · ΔE 26.7Blue · ΔE 28.2Fuchsia · ΔE 32.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 12.54, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#62EF08
Analogous#2208EF, #EF08D5
Triadic#EF9508, #08EF95
Split complementary#D5EF08, #08EF22
Tetradic#EF2208, #62EF08, #08D5EF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E8C6FD
Lighter +30%#D395FB
Lighter +20%#BF63FA
Lighter +10%#AB32F8
Darker −10%#7606BE
Darker −20%#57058C
Darker −30%#39035B
Darker −40%#1A012A
More saturated +25%#9700F7
Less saturated −25%#8E27D0

Channel breakdown

R149
G8
B239
Red149 (58.4%)
Green8 (3.1%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue276.62°
Saturation (HSL)93.52%
Lightness48.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 95 · G 08 · B EF

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