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Recognised as Colour

#9701EA

  • #9701EA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#9701EA is a violet with RGB values 151, 1, 234 and HSL 279°, 99%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#9701EA#9701EA
HEX#9701EA
RGBrgb(151, 1, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.0039, 0.9176
RGB percentages59.2%, 0.4%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(278.6, 99.1%, 46.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(278.6, 99.6%, 91.8%)
CMYK35.5%, 99.6%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,896,426
CSS custom property--colour: #9701EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12542WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness114.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.99:1
Contrast with white5.99:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#323232
Inverted#68FE15

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0060EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0063E6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.9 from the original
Tritanopia#875889no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 80.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.99:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.51:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 10.5Blue violet · ΔE 12Dark orchid · ΔE 25Medium blue · ΔE 25Blue · ΔE 30.1Fuchsia · ΔE 31.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 10.47, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#54EA01
Analogous#2201EA, #EA01C9
Triadic#EA9701, #01EA97
Split complementary#C8EA01, #01EA23
Tetradic#EA2301, #54EA01, #01C9EA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E6B8FF
Lighter +30%#D386FE
Lighter +20%#C153FE
Lighter +10%#AF20FE
Darker −10%#7601B7
Darker −20%#550184
Darker −30%#350052
Darker −40%#14001F
More saturated +25%#9700EB
Less saturated −25%#8F1ECD

Channel breakdown

R151
G1
B234
Red151 (59.2%)
Green1 (0.4%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue278.63°
Saturation (HSL)99.15%
Lightness46.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 97 · G 01 · B EA

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