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Recognised as Colour

#9605FF

  • #9605FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#9605FF is a violet with RGB values 150, 5, 255 and HSL 275°, 100%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#9605FF#9605FF
HEX#9605FF
RGBrgb(150, 5, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.0196, 1
RGB percentages58.8%, 2%, 100%
HSLhsl(274.8, 100%, 51%)
HSV / HSBhsv(274.8, 98%, 100%)
CMYK41.2%, 98%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,831,935
CSS custom property--colour: #9605FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13813WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness119 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.58:1
Contrast with white5.58:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#363636
Inverted#69FA00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0067FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#0066FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.6 from the original
Tritanopia#7D6396no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 90.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.58:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.76:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 19.9Dark violet · ΔE 20.1Blue · ΔE 23.5Medium blue · ΔE 25.9Dark orchid · ΔE 34.1Fuchsia · ΔE 34.7
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 19.94, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6EFF05
Analogous#1905FF, #FF05EB
Triadic#FF9605, #05FF96
Split complementary#EBFF05, #05FF19
Tetradic#FF1905, #6EFF05, #05EBFF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ECD1FF
Lighter +30%#D69EFF
Lighter +20%#C16BFF
Lighter +10%#AB38FF
Darker −10%#7900D1
Darker −20%#5C009E
Darker −30%#3E006B
Darker −40%#200038
More saturated +25%#9605FF
Less saturated −25%#9124E0

Channel breakdown

R150
G5
B255
Red150 (58.8%)
Green5 (2%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue274.8°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness50.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 96 · G 05 · B FF

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