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Colour

#9B69EB

  • #9B69EB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium slateblue

#9B69EB is a violet with RGB values 155, 105, 235 and HSL 263°, 76%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#9B69EB#9B69EB
HEX#9B69EB
RGBrgb(155, 105, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.6078, 0.4118, 0.9216
RGB percentages60.8%, 41.2%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(263.1, 76.5%, 66.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(263.1, 55.3%, 92.2%)
CMYK34%, 55.3%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,185,195
CSS custom property--colour: #9B69EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2307WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness141.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.61:1
Contrast with white3.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.61:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7D7D7D
Inverted#649614

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2F84EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#4183E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.2 from the original
Tritanopia#8A83A0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.74:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 9.2Medium purple · ΔE 13.2Slate blue · ΔE 14.6Medium orchid · ΔE 16.8Dark orchid · ΔE 21.9Royal blue · ΔE 22.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 9.23, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B9EB69
Analogous#6978EB, #DC69EB
Triadic#EB9B69, #69EB9B
Split complementary#EBDC69, #78EB69
Tetradic#EB6978, #B9EB69, #69EBDC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F5F0FD
Lighter +20%#D7C3F7
Lighter +10%#B996F1
Darker −10%#7D3CE5
Darker −20%#621CD2
Darker −30%#4D16A5
Darker −40%#381078
More saturated +25%#9655FF
Less saturated −25%#A07ED6

Channel breakdown

R155
G105
B235
Red155 (60.8%)
Green105 (41.2%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue263.08°
Saturation (HSL)76.47%
Lightness66.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9B · G 69 · B EB

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