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Colour

#9B37FD

  • #9B37FD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#9B37FD is a violet with RGB values 155, 55, 253 and HSL 270°, 98%, 60%. 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

#9B37FD#9B37FD
HEX#9B37FD
RGBrgb(155, 55, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.6078, 0.2157, 0.9922
RGB percentages60.8%, 21.6%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(270.3, 98%, 60.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270.3, 78.3%, 99.2%)
CMYK38.7%, 78.3%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,172,413
CSS custom property--colour: #9B37FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16793WCAG 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 4.82:1
Contrast with white4.82:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5B5B5B
Inverted#64C802

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0071FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0071F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.6 from the original
Tritanopia#856E9Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 81.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.82:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.36:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 9.2Dark violet · ΔE 13.3Dark orchid · ΔE 22.7Medium blue · ΔE 26.5Blue · ΔE 32Fuchsia · ΔE 33.4
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.17, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#99FD37
Analogous#3837FD, #FD37FC
Triadic#FD9B37, #37FD9B
Split complementary#FCFD37, #37FD38
Tetradic#FD3837, #99FD37, #37FCFD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E7CEFF
Lighter +20%#CD9CFE
Lighter +10%#B469FE
Darker −10%#8205FC
Darker −20%#6802CC
Darker −30%#4E0299
Darker −40%#350167
More saturated +25%#9B35FF
Less saturated −25%#9B50E4

Channel breakdown

R155
G55
B253
Red155 (60.8%)
Green55 (21.6%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue270.3°
Saturation (HSL)98.02%
Lightness60.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9B · G 37 · B FD

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