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Recognised as Colour

#9600D9

  • #9600D9
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#9600D9 is a violet with RGB values 150, 0, 217 and HSL 281°, 100%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#9600D9#9600D9
HEX#9600D9
RGBrgb(150, 0, 217)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0, 0.851
RGB percentages58.8%, 0%, 85.1%
HSLhsl(281.5, 100%, 42.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(281.5, 100%, 85.1%)
CMYK30.9%, 100%, 0%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,830,617
CSS custom property--colour: #9600D9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11494WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness110 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.37:1
Contrast with white6.37:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#303030
Inverted#69FF26

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005BDEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0061D5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56 from the original
Tritanopia#8B4F7Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.37:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.3:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 2.6Blue violet · ΔE 8.4Dark orchid · ΔE 17.9Medium blue · ΔE 26.7Fuchsia · ΔE 30.9Magenta · ΔE 30.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 2.63, a close match
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#43D900
Analogous#2900D9, #D900B0
Triadic#D99600, #00D996
Split complementary#AFD900, #00D92A
Tetradic#D92A00, #43D900, #00B0D9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E4A6FF
Lighter +30%#D473FF
Lighter +20%#C440FF
Lighter +10%#B40DFF
Darker −10%#7300A6
Darker −20%#4F0073
Darker −30%#2C0040
Darker −40%#09000D
More saturated +25%#9600D9
Less saturated −25%#8C1BBE

Channel breakdown

R150
G0
B217
Red150 (58.8%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue217 (85.1%)
Hue281.47°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness42.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 96 · G 00 · B D9

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