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Recognised as Colour

#9C38FF

  • #9C38FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#9C38FF is a violet with RGB values 156, 56, 255 and HSL 270°, 100%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#9C38FF#9C38FF
HEX#9C38FF
RGBrgb(156, 56, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.6118, 0.2196, 1
RGB percentages61.2%, 22%, 100%
HSLhsl(270.2, 100%, 61%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270.2, 78%, 100%)
CMYK38.8%, 78%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,238,207
CSS custom property--colour: #9C38FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17116WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness128.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.75:1
Contrast with white4.75:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5C5C5C
Inverted#63C700

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0072FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0072FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.7 from the original
Tritanopia#856F9Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 82.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.75:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.42:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 9.8Dark violet · ΔE 13.8Dark orchid · ΔE 23.3Medium blue · ΔE 26.7Blue · ΔE 31.8Fuchsia · ΔE 33.3
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.82, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9BFF38
Analogous#3938FF, #FF38FF
Triadic#FF9C38, #38FF9C
Split complementary#FFFF38, #38FF38
Tetradic#FF3838, #9BFF38, #38FFFF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E8D1FF
Lighter +20%#CF9EFF
Lighter +10%#B56BFF
Darker −10%#8305FF
Darker −20%#6900D1
Darker −30%#4F009E
Darker −40%#36006B
More saturated +25%#9C38FF
Less saturated −25%#9C51E6

Channel breakdown

R156
G56
B255
Red156 (61.2%)
Green56 (22%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue270.15°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness60.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9C · G 38 · B FF

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