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Recognised as Colour

#9523BC

  • #9523BC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#9523BC is a violet with RGB values 149, 35, 188 and HSL 285°, 69%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#9523BC#9523BC
HEX#9523BC
RGBrgb(149, 35, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.5843, 0.1373, 0.7373
RGB percentages58.4%, 13.7%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(284.7, 68.6%, 43.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(284.7, 81.4%, 73.7%)
CMYK20.7%, 81.4%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,774,012
CSS custom property--colour: #9523BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11222WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness106.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.47:1
Contrast with white6.47:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#464646
Inverted#6ADC43

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0058C0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#1A61B9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54.2 from the original
Tritanopia#924971no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.47:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.24:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 5.2Dark violet · ΔE 17.3Medium orchid · ΔE 17.8Blue violet · ΔE 18.9Dark magenta · ΔE 19.4Purple · ΔE 23.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 5.18, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4ABC23
Analogous#4923BC, #BC2396
Triadic#BC9523, #23BC95
Split complementary#97BC23, #23BC48
Tetradic#BC4823, #4ABC23, #2396BC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E3B9F2
Lighter +30%#D38EEA
Lighter +20%#C263E2
Lighter +10%#B138DA
Darker −10%#731B91
Darker −20%#511366
Darker −30%#2F0B3B
Darker −40%#0D0310
More saturated +25%#A307D8
Less saturated −25%#873FA0

Channel breakdown

R149
G35
B188
Red149 (58.4%)
Green35 (13.7%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue284.71°
Saturation (HSL)68.61%
Lightness43.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 95 · G 23 · B BC

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