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Recognised as Colour

#9638ED

  • #9638ED
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#9638ED is a violet with RGB values 150, 56, 237 and HSL 271°, 83%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#9638ED#9638ED
HEX#9638ED
RGBrgb(150, 56, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.2196, 0.9294
RGB percentages58.8%, 22%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(271.2, 83.4%, 57.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(271.2, 76.4%, 92.9%)
CMYK36.7%, 76.4%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,844,973
CSS custom property--colour: #9638ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15427WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness122.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.14:1
Contrast with white5.14:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#595959
Inverted#69C712

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006CF2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#006DE9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.5 from the original
Tritanopia#836892no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 75 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.14:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.09:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 4.1Dark violet · ΔE 10.3Dark orchid · ΔE 15.2Medium blue · ΔE 27.4Medium orchid · ΔE 29.8Medium slateblue · ΔE 30.4
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 4.06, a close match
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8FED38
Analogous#3B38ED, #ED38EA
Triadic#ED9638, #38ED96
Split complementary#EAED38, #38ED3C
Tetradic#ED3C38, #8FED38, #38E9ED

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F9F3FE
Lighter +30%#E0C4FA
Lighter +20%#C796F5
Lighter +10%#AF67F1
Darker −10%#7D14DE
Darker −20%#6310AF
Darker −30%#480C80
Darker −40%#2E0752
More saturated +25%#9726FF
Less saturated −25%#9553D2

Channel breakdown

R150
G56
B237
Red150 (58.8%)
Green56 (22%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue271.16°
Saturation (HSL)83.41%
Lightness57.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 96 · G 38 · B ED

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