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Recognised as Colour

#9A3FBB

  • #9A3FBB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#9A3FBB is a violet with RGB values 154, 63, 187 and HSL 284°, 50%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#9A3FBB#9A3FBB
HEX#9A3FBB
RGBrgb(154, 63, 187)
RGB (0–1)0.6039, 0.2471, 0.7333
RGB percentages60.4%, 24.7%, 73.3%
HSLhsl(284, 49.6%, 49%)
HSV / HSBhsv(284, 66.3%, 73.3%)
CMYK17.6%, 66.3%, 0%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,108,859
CSS custom property--colour: #9A3FBB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14013WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness115.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.52:1
Contrast with white5.52:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5B5B5B
Inverted#65C044

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0063BFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#3E6BB8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47 from the original
Tritanopia#985778no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.52:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.8:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 9.8Dark orchid · ΔE 14.2Dark magenta · ΔE 16.5Rebecca purple · ΔE 17.9Purple · ΔE 19.1Slate blue · ΔE 22.5
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 9.8, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#60BB3F
Analogous#5C3FBB, #BB3F9E
Triadic#BB9A3F, #3FBB9A
Split complementary#9EBB3F, #3FBB5C
Tetradic#BB5C3F, #60BB3F, #3F9EBB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E9D5F1
Lighter +30%#D6AFE4
Lighter +20%#C289D7
Lighter +10%#AF63CA
Darker −10%#7B3295
Darker −20%#5B256F
Darker −30%#3C1849
Darker −40%#1C0C22
More saturated +25%#A920DA
Less saturated −25%#8B5E9C

Channel breakdown

R154
G63
B187
Red154 (60.4%)
Green63 (24.7%)
Blue187 (73.3%)
Hue284.03°
Saturation (HSL)49.6%
Lightness49.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9A · G 3F · B BB

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