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Recognised as Colour

#9533BF

  • #9533BF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#9533BF is a violet with RGB values 149, 51, 191 and HSL 282°, 58%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#9533BF#9533BF
HEX#9533BF
RGBrgb(149, 51, 191)
RGB (0–1)0.5843, 0.2, 0.749
RGB percentages58.4%, 20%, 74.9%
HSLhsl(282, 57.9%, 47.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(282, 73.3%, 74.9%)
CMYK22%, 73.3%, 0%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,778,111
CSS custom property--colour: #9533BF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12519WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness111 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.99:1
Contrast with white5.99:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#525252
Inverted#6ACC40

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005EC3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#2765BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.6 from the original
Tritanopia#915276no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.99:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.5:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 6.7Medium orchid · ΔE 13.9Dark magenta · ΔE 18.6Blue violet · ΔE 21.7Dark violet · ΔE 21.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 22
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 6.7, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5DBF33
Analogous#4F33BF, #BF33A3
Triadic#BF9533, #33BF95
Split complementary#A3BF33, #33BF4F
Tetradic#BF4F33, #5DBF33, #33A3BF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E6CCF2
Lighter +30%#D3A4E7
Lighter +20%#BF7CDC
Lighter +10%#AC54D1
Darker −10%#762897
Darker −20%#561E6E
Darker −30%#371346
Darker −40%#17081E
More saturated +25%#A115DD
Less saturated −25%#8951A1

Channel breakdown

R149
G51
B191
Red149 (58.4%)
Green51 (20%)
Blue191 (74.9%)
Hue282°
Saturation (HSL)57.85%
Lightness47.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 95 · G 33 · B BF

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