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Recognised as Colour

#9535FF

  • #9535FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#9535FF is a violet with RGB values 149, 53, 255 and HSL 269°, 100%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#9535FF#9535FF
HEX#9535FF
RGBrgb(149, 53, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5843, 0.2078, 1
RGB percentages58.4%, 20.8%, 100%
HSLhsl(268.5, 100%, 60.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(268.5, 79.2%, 100%)
CMYK41.6%, 79.2%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,778,687
CSS custom property--colour: #9535FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16156WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness125.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.96:1
Contrast with white4.96:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#585858
Inverted#6ACA00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0070FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46 from the original
Deuteranopia#006EFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.3 from the original
Tritanopia#7A6E9Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 85 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.96:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.23:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 10.6Dark violet · ΔE 14.8Dark orchid · ΔE 24.9Medium blue · ΔE 24.9Blue · ΔE 29.5Fuchsia · ΔE 35
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 10.59, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9FFF35
Analogous#353AFF, #FA35FF
Triadic#FF9535, #35FF95
Split complementary#FFFA35, #3AFF35
Tetradic#FF353A, #9FFF35, #35FFFA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E5CEFF
Lighter +20%#CB9BFF
Lighter +10%#B068FF
Darker −10%#7A02FF
Darker −20%#6200CE
Darker −30%#4A009B
Darker −40%#310068
More saturated +25%#9535FF
Less saturated −25%#964EE6

Channel breakdown

R149
G53
B255
Red149 (58.4%)
Green53 (20.8%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue268.51°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness60.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 95 · G 35 · B FF

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