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Recognised as Colour

#9843DD

  • #9843DD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#9843DD is a violet with RGB values 152, 67, 221 and HSL 273°, 69%, 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

#9843DD#9843DD
HEX#9843DD
RGBrgb(152, 67, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.5961, 0.2627, 0.8667
RGB percentages59.6%, 26.3%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(273.1, 69.4%, 56.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.1, 69.7%, 86.7%)
CMYK31.2%, 69.7%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,978,845
CSS custom property--colour: #9843DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1591WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness122.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.02:1
Contrast with white5.02:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#606060
Inverted#67BC22

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006DE2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#006FDAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.8 from the original
Tritanopia#8C678Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 64.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.02:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.18:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 6.4Blue violet · ΔE 14.1Dark violet · ΔE 17.4Medium orchid · ΔE 18.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 21.4Slate blue · ΔE 26.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 6.37, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#88DD43
Analogous#4B43DD, #DD43D5
Triadic#DD9843, #43DD98
Split complementary#D5DD43, #43DD4B
Tetradic#DD4B43, #88DD43, #43D5DD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F7F0FC
Lighter +30%#DFC5F4
Lighter +20%#C799ED
Lighter +10%#B06EE5
Darker −10%#7F24C9
Darker −20%#641C9E
Darker −30%#481572
Darker −40%#2D0D47
More saturated +25%#9B27F9
Less saturated −25%#955FC1

Channel breakdown

R152
G67
B221
Red152 (59.6%)
Green67 (26.3%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue273.12°
Saturation (HSL)69.37%
Lightness56.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 98 · G 43 · B DD

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