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Recognised as Colour

#9842DE

  • #9842DE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#9842DE is a violet with RGB values 152, 66, 222 and HSL 273°, 70%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#9842DE#9842DE
HEX#9842DE
RGBrgb(152, 66, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.5961, 0.2588, 0.8706
RGB percentages59.6%, 25.9%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(273.1, 70.3%, 56.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.1, 70.3%, 87.1%)
CMYK31.5%, 70.3%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,978,590
CSS custom property--colour: #9842DE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15846WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness122.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.04:1
Contrast with white5.04:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#606060
Inverted#67BD21

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006CE3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42 from the original
Deuteranopia#006FDBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.1 from the original
Tritanopia#8B668Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 64.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.04:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.17:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 6.5Blue violet · ΔE 13.1Dark violet · ΔE 16.6Medium orchid · ΔE 19.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 22Slate blue · ΔE 27.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 6.5, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#88DE42
Analogous#4A42DE, #DE42D6
Triadic#DE9842, #42DE98
Split complementary#D6DE42, #42DE4A
Tetradic#DE4A42, #88DE42, #42D6DE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F7F0FC
Lighter +30%#DFC4F5
Lighter +20%#C799ED
Lighter +10%#B06DE6
Darker −10%#7F23CA
Darker −20%#641C9E
Darker −30%#481473
Darker −40%#2D0C48
More saturated +25%#9B26FA
Less saturated −25%#955EC2

Channel breakdown

R152
G66
B222
Red152 (59.6%)
Green66 (25.9%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue273.08°
Saturation (HSL)70.27%
Lightness56.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 98 · G 42 · B DE

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