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Recognised as Colour

#9B36CD

  • #9B36CD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#9B36CD is a violet with RGB values 155, 54, 205 and HSL 280°, 60%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#9B36CD#9B36CD
HEX#9B36CD
RGBrgb(155, 54, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.6078, 0.2118, 0.8039
RGB percentages60.8%, 21.2%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(280.1, 60.2%, 50.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.1, 73.7%, 80.4%)
CMYK24.4%, 73.7%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,172,109
CSS custom property--colour: #9B36CD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14015WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness117 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#565656
Inverted#64C932

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0064D1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#1E6ACAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.1 from the original
Tritanopia#95597Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59.1 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

Dark orchid · ΔE 1.5Medium orchid · ΔE 16Blue violet · ΔE 16.6Dark violet · ΔE 17.1Dark magenta · ΔE 23.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 25.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 1.52, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#68CD36
Analogous#4F36CD, #CD36B4
Triadic#CD9B36, #36CD9B
Split complementary#B4CD36, #36CD50
Tetradic#CD4F36, #68CD36, #36B3CD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ECD9F6
Lighter +30%#D8B1EB
Lighter +20%#C488E1
Lighter +10%#AF5FD7
Darker −10%#7D29A7
Darker −20%#5E1F7E
Darker −30%#401555
Darker −40%#210B2C
More saturated +25%#A617EC
Less saturated −25%#9055AE

Channel breakdown

R155
G54
B205
Red155 (60.8%)
Green54 (21.2%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue280.13°
Saturation (HSL)60.16%
Lightness50.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9B · G 36 · B CD

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