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Recognised as Colour

#9658CA

  • #9658CA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#9658CA is a violet with RGB values 150, 88, 202 and HSL 273°, 52%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#9658CA#9658CA
HEX#9658CA
RGBrgb(150, 88, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.3451, 0.7922
RGB percentages58.8%, 34.5%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(272.6, 51.8%, 56.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(272.6, 56.4%, 79.2%)
CMYK25.7%, 56.4%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,853,130
CSS custom property--colour: #9658CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17728WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness126.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.62:1
Contrast with white4.62:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.55:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6D6D6D
Inverted#69A735

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2F73CEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#4675C7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.5 from the original
Tritanopia#8E6D89no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.62:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 11.5Medium orchid · ΔE 13.4Slate blue · ΔE 13.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 16.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 17Dark orchid · ΔE 22
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 11.48, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8CCA58
Analogous#5D58CA, #CA58C5
Triadic#CA9658, #58CA96
Split complementary#C5CA58, #58CA5D
Tetradic#CA5D58, #8CCA58, #58C5CA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F7F3FB
Lighter +30%#DFCCEF
Lighter +20%#C7A5E3
Lighter +10%#AE7FD6
Darker −10%#7D3AB5
Darker −20%#622D8F
Darker −30%#482168
Darker −40%#2D1541
More saturated +25%#983DE5
Less saturated −25%#9474AE

Channel breakdown

R150
G88
B202
Red150 (58.8%)
Green88 (34.5%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue272.63°
Saturation (HSL)51.82%
Lightness56.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 96 · G 58 · B CA

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