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Recognised as Colour

#9B47FA

  • #9B47FA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#9B47FA is a violet with RGB values 155, 71, 250 and HSL 268°, 95%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#9B47FA#9B47FA
HEX#9B47FA
RGBrgb(155, 71, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.6078, 0.2784, 0.9804
RGB percentages60.8%, 27.8%, 98%
HSLhsl(268.2, 94.7%, 62.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(268.2, 71.6%, 98%)
CMYK38%, 71.6%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,176,506
CSS custom property--colour: #9B47FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18377WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness131.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.68:1
Contrast with white4.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.68:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#666666
Inverted#64B805

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0076FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#0075F6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.2 from the original
Tritanopia#85749Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.49:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 8.2Dark violet · ΔE 14.7Dark orchid · ΔE 16.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 28.1Medium orchid · ΔE 29.5Medium blue · ΔE 29.6
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 8.23, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A6FA47
Analogous#474DFA, #F447FA
Triadic#FA9B47, #47FA9B
Split complementary#FAF447, #4DFA47
Tetradic#FA474D, #A6FA47, #47FAF4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#ECDCFE
Lighter +20%#D1AAFD
Lighter +10%#B679FB
Darker −10%#8015F9
Darker −20%#6706D5
Darker −30%#4F04A4
Darker −40%#370372
More saturated +25%#9B42FF
Less saturated −25%#9C5FE2

Channel breakdown

R155
G71
B250
Red155 (60.8%)
Green71 (27.8%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue268.16°
Saturation (HSL)94.71%
Lightness62.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9B · G 47 · B FA

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