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Recognised as Colour

#9743FF

  • #9743FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#9743FF is a violet with RGB values 151, 67, 255 and HSL 267°, 100%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#9743FF#9743FF
HEX#9743FF
RGBrgb(151, 67, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.2627, 1
RGB percentages59.2%, 26.3%, 100%
HSLhsl(266.8, 100%, 63.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(266.8, 73.7%, 100%)
CMYK40.8%, 73.7%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,913,343
CSS custom property--colour: #9743FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17814WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness129.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.6:1
Contrast with white4.6:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.56:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#626262
Inverted#68BC00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0075FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44 from the original
Deuteranopia#0073FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.3 from the original
Tritanopia#7D749Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 81.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.6:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 8.5Dark violet · ΔE 15Dark orchid · ΔE 20.7Medium blue · ΔE 27.2Medium slateblue · ΔE 31.8Medium orchid · ΔE 34
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 8.5, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ABFF43
Analogous#434DFF, #F543FF
Triadic#FF9743, #43FF97
Split complementary#FFF543, #4DFF43
Tetradic#FF434D, #ABFF43, #43FFF5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#ECDCFF
Lighter +20%#CFA9FF
Lighter +10%#B376FF
Darker −10%#7B10FF
Darker −20%#6200DC
Darker −30%#4C00A9
Darker −40%#350076
More saturated +25%#9743FF
Less saturated −25%#995AE8

Channel breakdown

R151
G67
B255
Red151 (59.2%)
Green67 (26.3%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue266.81°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness63.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 97 · G 43 · B FF

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