Recognised as Colour

#9632BD

#9632BD
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark orchid

#9632BD is a violet with RGB values 150, 50, 189 and HSL 283°, 58%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#9632BD#9632BD

HEX#9632BD

RGBrgb(150, 50, 189)

RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.1961, 0.7412

RGB percentages58.8%, 19.6%, 74.1%

HSLhsl(283.2, 58.2%, 46.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(283.2, 73.5%, 74.1%)

CMYK20.6%, 73.5%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,843,389

CSS custom property--colour: #9632BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12439WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness110.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.02:1

Contrast with white6.02:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#515151

Inverted#69CD42

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#005DC1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#2A65BAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.2 from the original

Tritanopia#925075no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.49:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 7.4 Medium orchid · ΔE 13.6 Dark magenta · ΔE 17.7 Purple · ΔE 21.3 Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.7 Dark violet · ΔE 22.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 7.44, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#59BD32

Analogous#5032BD, #BD329F

Triadic#BD9632, #32BD96

Split complementary#9FBD32, #32BD50

Tetradic#BD5032, #59BD32, #329FBD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#E6CAF1

Lighter +30%#D3A2E6

Lighter +20%#C079DC

Lighter +10%#AD51D1

Darker −10%#762795

Darker −20%#561D6C

Darker −30%#361244

Darker −40%#16071C

More saturated +25%#A314DB

Less saturated −25%#89509F

Channel breakdown

R150

G50

B189

Red150 (58.8%)

Green50 (19.6%)

Blue189 (74.1%)

Hue283.17°

Saturation (HSL)58.16%

Lightness46.86%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 96 · G 32 · B BD

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