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Recognised as Colour

#9572DB

  • #9572DB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#9572DB is a violet with RGB values 149, 114, 219 and HSL 260°, 59%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#9572DB#9572DB
HEX#9572DB
RGBrgb(149, 114, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.5843, 0.4471, 0.8588
RGB percentages58.4%, 44.7%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(260, 59.3%, 65.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260, 47.9%, 85.9%)
CMYK32%, 47.9%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,794,267
CSS custom property--colour: #9572DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23539WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness140.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.71:1
Contrast with white3.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.71:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#818181
Inverted#6A8D24

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4F86DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#5684D8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.4 from the original
Tritanopia#86869Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.68:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 1.4Slate blue · ΔE 13.5Medium slateblue · ΔE 17.4Royal blue · ΔE 20.5Medium orchid · ΔE 23Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 1.38, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B8DB72
Analogous#7284DB, #C972DB
Triadic#DB9572, #72DB95
Split complementary#DBCA72, #84DB72
Tetradic#DB7284, #B8DB72, #72DBCA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F1ECFA
Lighter +20%#D2C3F0
Lighter +10%#B49BE5
Darker −10%#7649D1
Darker −20%#5D2FB8
Darker −30%#48258F
Darker −40%#341A67
More saturated +25%#8E5CF1
Less saturated −25%#9C88C5

Channel breakdown

R149
G114
B219
Red149 (58.4%)
Green114 (44.7%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue260°
Saturation (HSL)59.32%
Lightness65.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 95 · G 72 · B DB

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