Colour

#9C00BC

#9C00BC
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark orchid

#9C00BC is a violet with RGB values 156, 0, 188 and HSL 290°, 100%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#9C00BC#9C00BC

HEX#9C00BC

RGBrgb(156, 0, 188)

RGB (0–1)0.6118, 0, 0.7373

RGB percentages61.2%, 0%, 73.7%

HSLhsl(289.8, 100%, 36.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(289.8, 100%, 73.7%)

CMYK17%, 100%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,223,804

CSS custom property--colour: #9C00BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10699WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness106.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.69:1

Contrast with white6.69:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2F2F2F

Inverted#63FF43

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0054C0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#1560B9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 61 from the original

Tritanopia#9B3E6Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.14:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 9.5 Dark violet · ΔE 13 Blue violet · ΔE 17.7 Dark magenta · ΔE 22.7 Medium orchid · ΔE 22.8 Purple · ΔE 27.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 9.46, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#20BC00

Analogous#3E00BC, #BC007E

Triadic#BC9C00, #00BC9C

Split complementary#7EBC00, #00BC3E

Tetradic#BC3E00, #20BC00, #007EBC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#EB89FF

Lighter +30%#E256FF

Lighter +20%#DA23FF

Lighter +10%#C600EF

Darker −10%#720089

Darker −20%#470056

Darker −30%#1D0023

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#9C00BC

Less saturated −25%#8C18A5

Channel breakdown

R156

B188

Red156 (61.2%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue188 (73.7%)

Hue289.79°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness36.86%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 9C · G 00 · B BC

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