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Recognised as Colour

#9733DE

  • #9733DE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#9733DE is a violet with RGB values 151, 51, 222 and HSL 275°, 72%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#9733DE#9733DE
HEX#9733DE
RGBrgb(151, 51, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.2, 0.8706
RGB percentages59.2%, 20%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(275.1, 72.2%, 53.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(275.1, 77%, 87.1%)
CMYK32%, 77%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,909,214
CSS custom property--colour: #9733DE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14221WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness118.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.46:1
Contrast with white5.46:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#555555
Inverted#68CC21

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0066E3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#006ADBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.7 from the original
Tritanopia#8A5F88no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 68.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.46:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.84:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 6.8Dark orchid · ΔE 9.1Dark violet · ΔE 9.7Medium orchid · ΔE 24.8Medium slateblue · ΔE 28.4Medium blue · ΔE 30.2
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 6.84, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7ADE33
Analogous#4133DE, #DE33D0
Triadic#DE9733, #33DE97
Split complementary#D0DE33, #33DE41
Tetradic#DE4133, #7ADE33, #33D0DE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1E3FA
Lighter +30%#DAB7F3
Lighter +20%#C48BEC
Lighter +10%#AD5FE5
Darker −10%#7D1FBF
Darker −20%#601893
Darker −30%#431167
Darker −40%#270A3B
More saturated +25%#9C15FC
Less saturated −25%#9251C0

Channel breakdown

R151
G51
B222
Red151 (59.2%)
Green51 (20%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue275.09°
Saturation (HSL)72.15%
Lightness53.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 97 · G 33 · B DE

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