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Recognised as Colour

#9C2ADA

  • #9C2ADA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#9C2ADA is a violet with RGB values 156, 42, 218 and HSL 279°, 70%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#9C2ADA#9C2ADA
HEX#9C2ADA
RGBrgb(156, 42, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.6118, 0.1647, 0.8549
RGB percentages61.2%, 16.5%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(278.9, 70.4%, 51%)
HSV / HSBhsv(278.9, 80.7%, 85.5%)
CMYK28.4%, 80.7%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,234,586
CSS custom property--colour: #9C2ADA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13786WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness117.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.59:1
Contrast with white5.59:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4F4F4F
Inverted#63D525

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0063DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#0069D7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.6 from the original
Tritanopia#935984no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.59:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.76:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 7.4Blue violet · ΔE 7.8Dark orchid · ΔE 9.4Medium orchid · ΔE 25.2Medium blue · ΔE 31Medium slateblue · ΔE 31.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 7.43, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#68DA2A
Analogous#442ADA, #DA2AC0
Triadic#DA9C2A, #2ADA9C
Split complementary#C0DA2A, #2ADA44
Tetradic#DA442A, #68DA2A, #2AC0DA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EDD8F8
Lighter +30%#D9ACF1
Lighter +20%#C481E9
Lighter +10%#B055E2
Darker −10%#7E1FB2
Darker −20%#5F1787
Darker −30%#41105B
Darker −40%#220830
More saturated +25%#A50BF9
Less saturated −25%#9349BB

Channel breakdown

R156
G42
B218
Red156 (61.2%)
Green42 (16.5%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue278.86°
Saturation (HSL)70.4%
Lightness50.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9C · G 2A · B DA

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