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Colour

#9C36FD

  • #9C36FD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#9C36FD is a violet with RGB values 156, 54, 253 and HSL 271°, 98%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#9C36FD#9C36FD
HEX#9C36FD
RGBrgb(156, 54, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.6118, 0.2118, 0.9922
RGB percentages61.2%, 21.2%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(270.8, 98%, 60.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270.8, 78.7%, 99.2%)
CMYK38.3%, 78.7%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,237,693
CSS custom property--colour: #9C36FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16798WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness127.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.82:1
Contrast with white4.82:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5A5A5A
Inverted#63C902

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0071FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#0071F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.1 from the original
Tritanopia#866D9Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 81.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.82:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.36:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 9.4Dark violet · ΔE 13.2Dark orchid · ΔE 22.9Medium blue · ΔE 26.7Blue · ΔE 32Fuchsia · ΔE 33
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.41, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#97FD36
Analogous#3836FD, #FD36FB
Triadic#FD9C36, #36FD9C
Split complementary#FBFD36, #36FD38
Tetradic#FD3836, #97FD36, #36FBFD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E7CDFF
Lighter +20%#CE9BFE
Lighter +10%#B568FE
Darker −10%#8304FC
Darker −20%#6902CB
Darker −30%#4F0298
Darker −40%#350166
More saturated +25%#9C34FF
Less saturated −25%#9B4FE4

Channel breakdown

R156
G54
B253
Red156 (61.2%)
Green54 (21.2%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue270.75°
Saturation (HSL)98.03%
Lightness60.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9C · G 36 · B FD

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