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Recognised as Colour

#9605DB

  • #9605DB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#9605DB is a violet with RGB values 150, 5, 219 and HSL 281°, 96%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#9605DB#9605DB
HEX#9605DB
RGBrgb(150, 5, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.0196, 0.8588
RGB percentages58.8%, 2%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(280.7, 95.5%, 43.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.7, 97.7%, 85.9%)
CMYK31.5%, 97.7%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,831,899
CSS custom property--colour: #9605DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11707WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness110.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.28:1
Contrast with white6.28:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#333333
Inverted#69FA24

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005CE0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#0061D7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55 from the original
Tritanopia#8A5181no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.28:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.34:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 3.2Blue violet · ΔE 8Dark orchid · ΔE 18.1Medium blue · ΔE 26.4Fuchsia · ΔE 31Magenta · ΔE 31
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 3.16, a close match
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4ADB05
Analogous#2B05DB, #DB05B5
Triadic#DB9605, #05DB96
Split complementary#B5DB05, #05DB2B
Tetradic#DB2B05, #4ADB05, #05B5DB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E4AFFD
Lighter +30%#D37DFC
Lighter +20%#C24BFB
Lighter +10%#B119FA
Darker −10%#7404A9
Darker −20%#520377
Darker −30%#300245
Darker −40%#0D0014
More saturated +25%#9800E0
Less saturated −25%#8C21BF

Channel breakdown

R150
G5
B219
Red150 (58.8%)
Green5 (2%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue280.65°
Saturation (HSL)95.54%
Lightness43.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 96 · G 05 · B DB

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