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Recognised as Colour

#9540D6

  • #9540D6
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#9540D6 is a violet with RGB values 149, 64, 214 and HSL 274°, 65%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#9540D6#9540D6
HEX#9540D6
RGBrgb(149, 64, 214)
RGB (0–1)0.5843, 0.251, 0.8392
RGB percentages58.4%, 25.1%, 83.9%
HSLhsl(274, 64.7%, 54.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(274, 70.1%, 83.9%)
CMYK30.4%, 70.1%, 0%, 16.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,781,462
CSS custom property--colour: #9540D6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14911WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness119.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.27:1
Contrast with white5.27:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5D5D5D
Inverted#6ABF29

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0069DAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#046CD3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.7 from the original
Tritanopia#8A6287no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 61.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.27:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.98:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 5.3Blue violet · ΔE 15.6Medium orchid · ΔE 17.2Dark violet · ΔE 18.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 21.2Slate blue · ΔE 25.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 5.27, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#81D640
Analogous#4A40D6, #D640CC
Triadic#D69540, #40D695
Split complementary#CCD640, #40D64A
Tetradic#D64A40, #81D640, #40CCD6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F2E8FA
Lighter +30%#DBBEF1
Lighter +20%#C494E8
Lighter +10%#AC6ADF
Darker −10%#7B28BB
Darker −20%#601F91
Darker −30%#441667
Darker −40%#280D3D
More saturated +25%#9923F3
Less saturated −25%#915DB9

Channel breakdown

R149
G64
B214
Red149 (58.4%)
Green64 (25.1%)
Blue214 (83.9%)
Hue274°
Saturation (HSL)64.66%
Lightness54.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 95 · G 40 · B D6

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