Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#9838C6

  • #9838C6
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#9838C6 is a violet with RGB values 152, 56, 198 and HSL 281°, 56%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#9838C6#9838C6
HEX#9838C6
RGBrgb(152, 56, 198)
RGB (0–1)0.5961, 0.2196, 0.7765
RGB percentages59.6%, 22%, 77.6%
HSLhsl(280.6, 55.9%, 49.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.6, 71.7%, 77.6%)
CMYK23.2%, 71.7%, 0%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,976,006
CSS custom property--colour: #9838C6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13581WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness115 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.65:1
Contrast with white5.65:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#575757
Inverted#67C739

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0062CAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#2769C3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.5 from the original
Tritanopia#93577Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.65:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.72:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 5.4Medium orchid · ΔE 13.6Blue violet · ΔE 20.4Dark magenta · ΔE 20.7Dark violet · ΔE 20.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 5.38, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#66C638
Analogous#5138C6, #C638AD
Triadic#C69838, #38C698
Split complementary#ADC638, #38C651
Tetradic#C65138, #66C638, #38ADC6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EAD6F4
Lighter +30%#D6AFE8
Lighter +20%#C187DD
Lighter +10%#AD5FD2
Darker −10%#792D9E
Darker −20%#5B2276
Darker −30%#3C164F
Darker −40%#1E0B27
More saturated +25%#A318E6
Less saturated −25%#8D58A6

Channel breakdown

R152
G56
B198
Red152 (59.6%)
Green56 (22%)
Blue198 (77.6%)
Hue280.56°
Saturation (HSL)55.91%
Lightness49.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 98 · G 38 · B C6

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “9838c6” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.