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Recognised as Colour

#9C10E4

  • #9C10E4
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#9C10E4 is a violet with RGB values 156, 16, 228 and HSL 280°, 87%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#9C10E4#9C10E4
HEX#9C10E4
RGBrgb(156, 16, 228)
RGB (0–1)0.6118, 0.0627, 0.8941
RGB percentages61.2%, 6.3%, 89.4%
HSLhsl(279.6, 86.9%, 47.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(279.6, 93%, 89.4%)
CMYK31.6%, 93%, 0%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,227,940
CSS custom property--colour: #9C10E4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1304WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness115.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.82:1
Contrast with white5.82:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3D3D3D
Inverted#63EF1B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0061E9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#0066E0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.9 from the original
Tritanopia#905687no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.82:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.61:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 6Blue violet · ΔE 8.9Dark orchid · ΔE 20Medium blue · ΔE 27.1Fuchsia · ΔE 29.7Magenta · ΔE 29.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 5.97, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#58E410
Analogous#3210E4, #E410C2
Triadic#E49C10, #10E49C
Split complementary#C2E410, #10E432
Tetradic#E43210, #58E410, #10C2E4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E9C5FB
Lighter +30%#D695F8
Lighter +20%#C466F4
Lighter +10%#B136F1
Darker −10%#7B0DB4
Darker −20%#5B0985
Darker −30%#3A0655
Darker −40%#1A0325
More saturated +25%#A100F4
Less saturated −25%#922FC6

Channel breakdown

R156
G16
B228
Red156 (61.2%)
Green16 (6.3%)
Blue228 (89.4%)
Hue279.62°
Saturation (HSL)86.89%
Lightness47.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9C · G 10 · B E4

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