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Recognised as Colour

#9530DB

  • #9530DB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#9530DB is a violet with RGB values 149, 48, 219 and HSL 275°, 70%, 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

#9530DB#9530DB
HEX#9530DB
RGBrgb(149, 48, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.5843, 0.1882, 0.8588
RGB percentages58.4%, 18.8%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(275.4, 70.4%, 52.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(275.4, 78.1%, 85.9%)
CMYK32%, 78.1%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,777,371
CSS custom property--colour: #9530DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13618WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness116 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.64:1
Contrast with white5.64:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#525252
Inverted#6ACF24

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0064E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#0068D8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.7 from the original
Tritanopia#895D86no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 68.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.64:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.72:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 6.8Dark orchid · ΔE 8.8Dark violet · ΔE 9.2Medium orchid · ΔE 24.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 28.7Medium blue · ΔE 29.9
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 6.84, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#76DB30
Analogous#3F30DB, #DB30CC
Triadic#DB9530, #30DB95
Split complementary#CCDB30, #30DB3F
Tetradic#DB3F30, #76DB30, #30CCDB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EEDEF9
Lighter +30%#D8B2F2
Lighter +20%#C187EA
Lighter +10%#AB5BE3
Darker −10%#7A20B8
Darker −20%#5D188D
Darker −30%#401161
Darker −40%#240936
More saturated +25%#9B12F9
Less saturated −25%#8F4EBD

Channel breakdown

R149
G48
B219
Red149 (58.4%)
Green48 (18.8%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue275.44°
Saturation (HSL)70.37%
Lightness52.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 95 · G 30 · B DB

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