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Recognised as Colour

#9508FF

  • #9508FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#9508FF is a violet with RGB values 149, 8, 255 and HSL 274°, 100%, 52%. 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

#9508FF#9508FF
HEX#9508FF
RGBrgb(149, 8, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5843, 0.0314, 1
RGB percentages58.4%, 3.1%, 100%
HSLhsl(274.3, 100%, 51.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(274.3, 96.9%, 100%)
CMYK41.6%, 96.9%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,767,167
CSS custom property--colour: #9508FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13783WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness118.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.59:1
Contrast with white5.59:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#383838
Inverted#6AF700

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0067FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#0066FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.2 from the original
Tritanopia#7B6496no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 91.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.59:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.76:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 19.7Dark violet · ΔE 20Blue · ΔE 23.3Medium blue · ΔE 25.6Dark orchid · ΔE 33.9Fuchsia · ΔE 34.9
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 19.71, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#72FF08
Analogous#1A08FF, #FF08ED
Triadic#FF9508, #08FF95
Split complementary#EEFF08, #08FF19
Tetradic#FF1908, #72FF08, #08EEFF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EDD4FF
Lighter +30%#D7A1FF
Lighter +20%#C16EFF
Lighter +10%#AB3BFF
Darker −10%#7900D4
Darker −20%#5C00A1
Darker −30%#3F006E
Darker −40%#22003B
More saturated +25%#9508FF
Less saturated −25%#9127E0

Channel breakdown

R149
G8
B255
Red149 (58.4%)
Green8 (3.1%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue274.25°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness51.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 95 · G 08 · B FF

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