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Colour

#9A3AFB

  • #9A3AFB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#9A3AFB is a violet with RGB values 154, 58, 251 and HSL 270°, 96%, 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

#9A3AFB#9A3AFB
HEX#9A3AFB
RGBrgb(154, 58, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.6039, 0.2275, 0.9843
RGB percentages60.4%, 22.7%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(269.8, 96%, 60.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(269.8, 76.9%, 98.4%)
CMYK38.6%, 76.9%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,107,643
CSS custom property--colour: #9A3AFB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16861WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness127.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.8:1
Contrast with white4.8:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5C5C5C
Inverted#65C504

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0071FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#0071F7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.7 from the original
Tritanopia#846E9Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 80.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.8:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.37:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 7.8Dark violet · ΔE 12.8Dark orchid · ΔE 20.9Medium blue · ΔE 26.7Blue · ΔE 33.5Fuchsia · ΔE 33.9
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 7.81, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9BFB3A
Analogous#3A3AFB, #FB3AFB
Triadic#FB9A3A, #3AFB9A
Split complementary#FBFA3A, #3BFB3A
Tetradic#FB3A3A, #9BFB3A, #3AFBFB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E7D0FE
Lighter +20%#CD9EFD
Lighter +10%#B46CFC
Darker −10%#8008FA
Darker −20%#6704CB
Darker −30%#4E0399
Darker −40%#340267
More saturated +25%#9A36FF
Less saturated −25%#9A53E2

Channel breakdown

R154
G58
B251
Red154 (60.4%)
Green58 (22.7%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue269.84°
Saturation (HSL)96.02%
Lightness60.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9A · G 3A · B FB

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