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Recognised as Colour

#9705DA

  • #9705DA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#9705DA is a violet with RGB values 151, 5, 218 and HSL 281°, 96%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#9705DA#9705DA
HEX#9705DA
RGBrgb(151, 5, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.0196, 0.8549
RGB percentages59.2%, 2%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(281.1, 95.5%, 43.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(281.1, 97.7%, 85.5%)
CMYK30.7%, 97.7%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,897,434
CSS custom property--colour: #9705DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1175WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness110.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.27:1
Contrast with white6.27:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#333333
Inverted#68FA25

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005CDFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#0062D6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56 from the original
Tritanopia#8C5080no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.27:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.35:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 2.6Blue violet · ΔE 8.1Dark orchid · ΔE 17.6Medium blue · ΔE 26.9Fuchsia · ΔE 30.7Magenta · ΔE 30.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 2.6, a close match
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#48DA05
Analogous#2C05DA, #DA05B3
Triadic#DA9705, #05DA97
Split complementary#B2DA05, #05DA2D
Tetradic#DA2D05, #48DA05, #05B3DA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E4AEFD
Lighter +30%#D47CFC
Lighter +20%#C34AFB
Lighter +10%#B318FA
Darker −10%#7404A8
Darker −20%#520376
Darker −30%#2F0244
Darker −40%#0D0013
More saturated +25%#9900DF
Less saturated −25%#8D21BE

Channel breakdown

R151
G5
B218
Red151 (59.2%)
Green5 (2%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue281.13°
Saturation (HSL)95.52%
Lightness43.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 97 · G 05 · B DA

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