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Recognised as Colour

#9600EC

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

#9600EC is a violet with RGB values 150, 0, 236 and HSL 278°, 100%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#9600EC#9600EC
HEX#9600EC
RGBrgb(150, 0, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0, 0.9255
RGB percentages58.8%, 0%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(278.1, 100%, 46.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(278.1, 100%, 92.5%)
CMYK36.4%, 100%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,830,636
CSS custom property--colour: #9600EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1254WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness114.4 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 black3.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#313131
Inverted#69FF13

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0060F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#0063E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.6 from the original
Tritanopia#85598Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 81 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 text3.51:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 11.6Blue violet · ΔE 12.8Medium blue · ΔE 24.7Dark orchid · ΔE 26.1Blue · ΔE 29Fuchsia · ΔE 31.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 11.63, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#56EC00
Analogous#2000EC, #EC00CC
Triadic#EC9600, #00EC96
Split complementary#CCEC00, #00EC20
Tetradic#EC2000, #56EC00, #00CCEC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E5B9FF
Lighter +30%#D386FF
Lighter +20%#C053FF
Lighter +10%#AE20FF
Darker −10%#7600B9
Darker −20%#550086
Darker −30%#350053
Darker −40%#140020
More saturated +25%#9600EC
Less saturated −25%#8E1DCF

Channel breakdown

R150
G0
B236
Red150 (58.8%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue278.14°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness46.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 96 · G 00 · B EC

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