Colour

#9B17E4

#9B17E4
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark violet

#9B17E4 is a violet with RGB values 155, 23, 228 and HSL 279°, 82%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

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HEX#9B17E4

RGBrgb(155, 23, 228)

RGB (0–1)0.6078, 0.0902, 0.8941

RGB percentages60.8%, 9%, 89.4%

HSLhsl(278.6, 81.7%, 49.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(278.6, 89.9%, 89.4%)

CMYK32%, 89.9%, 0%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,164,196

CSS custom property--colour: #9B17E4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13183WCAG 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 5.77:1

Contrast with white5.77:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#424242

Inverted#64E81B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0062E9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#0067E0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.4 from the original

Tritanopia#8E5887no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.64:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 5.5 Blue violet · ΔE 7.7 Dark orchid · ΔE 18.9 Medium blue · ΔE 26.9 Fuchsia · ΔE 30.2 Magenta · ΔE 30.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 5.46, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#60E417

Analogous#3417E4, #E417C7

Triadic#E49B17, #17E49B

Split complementary#C7E417, #17E434

Tetradic#E43417, #60E417, #17C7E4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#EACDFA

Lighter +30%#D69FF5

Lighter +20%#C370F1

Lighter +10%#AF42EC

Darker −10%#7C12B6

Darker −20%#5C0E87

Darker −30%#3D0959

Darker −40%#1D042B

More saturated +25%#A200FB

Less saturated −25%#9236C5

Channel breakdown

R155

G23

B228

Red155 (60.8%)

Green23 (9%)

Blue228 (89.4%)

Hue278.63°

Saturation (HSL)81.67%

Lightness49.22%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 9B · G 17 · B E4

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