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Recognised as Colour

#9B74CE

  • #9B74CE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#9B74CE is a violet with RGB values 155, 116, 206 and HSL 266°, 48%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#9B74CE#9B74CE
HEX#9B74CE
RGBrgb(155, 116, 206)
RGB (0–1)0.6078, 0.4549, 0.8078
RGB percentages60.8%, 45.5%, 80.8%
HSLhsl(266, 47.9%, 63.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(266, 43.7%, 80.8%)
CMYK24.8%, 43.7%, 0%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,187,982
CSS custom property--colour: #9B74CE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23916WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness141.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.78:1
Contrast with white3.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.78:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#838383
Inverted#648B31

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5C85D1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#6586CCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.5 from the original
Tritanopia#928397no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.63:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 9.7Slate blue · ΔE 20Orchid · ΔE 23.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 25.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 25.8Plum · ΔE 25.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 9.68, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A7CE74
Analogous#747ACE, #C874CE
Triadic#CE9B74, #74CE9B
Split complementary#CEC874, #7ACE74
Tetradic#CE747A, #A7CE74, #74CEC8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#ECE5F6
Lighter +20%#D1BFE9
Lighter +10%#B69ADB
Darker −10%#804EC1
Darker −20%#6739A3
Darker −30%#4F2C7D
Darker −40%#371F57
More saturated +25%#985DE5
Less saturated −25%#9E8BB7

Channel breakdown

R155
G116
B206
Red155 (60.8%)
Green116 (45.5%)
Blue206 (80.8%)
Hue266°
Saturation (HSL)47.87%
Lightness63.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9B · G 74 · B CE

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