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Colour

#9A39FF

  • #9A39FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#9A39FF is a violet with RGB values 154, 57, 255 and HSL 269°, 100%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#9A39FF#9A39FF
HEX#9A39FF
RGBrgb(154, 57, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.6039, 0.2235, 1
RGB percentages60.4%, 22.4%, 100%
HSLhsl(269.4, 100%, 61.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(269.4, 77.6%, 100%)
CMYK39.6%, 77.6%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,107,391
CSS custom property--colour: #9A39FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17016WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness128.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.77:1
Contrast with white4.77:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5C5C5C
Inverted#65C600

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0072FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#0071FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.4 from the original
Tritanopia#826F9Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 82.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.77:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.4:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 9.6Dark violet · ΔE 14Dark orchid · ΔE 23.2Medium blue · ΔE 26.4Blue · ΔE 31.7Fuchsia · ΔE 34
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.59, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9EFF39
Analogous#393BFF, #FD39FF
Triadic#FF9A39, #39FF9A
Split complementary#FFFD39, #3BFF39
Tetradic#FF393B, #9EFF39, #39FFFD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E8D2FF
Lighter +20%#CE9FFF
Lighter +10%#B46CFF
Darker −10%#8006FF
Darker −20%#6700D2
Darker −30%#4E009F
Darker −40%#35006C
More saturated +25%#9A39FF
Less saturated −25%#9A52E6

Channel breakdown

R154
G57
B255
Red154 (60.4%)
Green57 (22.4%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue269.39°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness61.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9A · G 39 · B FF

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