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Recognised as Colour

#9834DB

  • #9834DB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#9834DB is a violet with RGB values 152, 52, 219 and HSL 276°, 70%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#9834DB#9834DB
HEX#9834DB
RGBrgb(152, 52, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.5961, 0.2039, 0.8588
RGB percentages59.6%, 20.4%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(275.9, 69.9%, 53.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(275.9, 76.3%, 85.9%)
CMYK30.6%, 76.3%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,975,003
CSS custom property--colour: #9834DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14246WCAG 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 black3.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#555555
Inverted#67CB24

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0066E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#006AD8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.1 from the original
Tritanopia#8D5E87no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 66.2 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 text3.85:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 7.1Blue violet · ΔE 8.7Dark violet · ΔE 10.9Medium orchid · ΔE 23Medium slateblue · ΔE 27.4Dark magenta · ΔE 30.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 7.15, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#77DB34
Analogous#4434DB, #DB34CB
Triadic#DB9834, #34DB98
Split complementary#CADB34, #34DB45
Tetradic#DB4534, #77DB34, #34CADB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F0E1FA
Lighter +30%#DAB6F2
Lighter +20%#C48BEA
Lighter +10%#AE5FE3
Darker −10%#7D21BB
Darker −20%#601990
Darker −30%#431264
Darker −40%#260A39
More saturated +25%#9E16F9
Less saturated −25%#9252BD

Channel breakdown

R152
G52
B219
Red152 (59.6%)
Green52 (20.4%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue275.93°
Saturation (HSL)69.87%
Lightness53.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 98 · G 34 · B DB

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