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Recognised as Colour

#9C3EDA

  • #9C3EDA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#9C3EDA is a violet with RGB values 156, 62, 218 and HSL 276°, 68%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#9C3EDA#9C3EDA
HEX#9C3EDA
RGBrgb(156, 62, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.6118, 0.2431, 0.8549
RGB percentages61.2%, 24.3%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(276.2, 67.8%, 54.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(276.2, 71.6%, 85.5%)
CMYK28.4%, 71.6%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,239,706
CSS custom property--colour: #9C3EDA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15575WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness122.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.1:1
Contrast with white5.1:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5D5D5D
Inverted#63C125

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006ADEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#0C6FD7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.9 from the original
Tritanopia#926288no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 63 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.1:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.12:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 4.5Blue violet · ΔE 13.6Dark violet · ΔE 15.8Medium orchid · ΔE 18.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 23.7Dark magenta · ΔE 28.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 4.5, a close match
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7CDA3E
Analogous#4E3EDA, #DA3ECA
Triadic#DA9C3E, #3EDA9C
Split complementary#CADA3E, #3EDA4E
Tetradic#DA4E3E, #7CDA3E, #3ECADA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4E9FB
Lighter +30%#DEBEF3
Lighter +20%#C894EA
Lighter +10%#B269E2
Darker −10%#8225C0
Darker −20%#651D95
Darker −30%#48146B
Darker −40%#2B0C40
More saturated +25%#A221F7
Less saturated −25%#965BBD

Channel breakdown

R156
G62
B218
Red156 (61.2%)
Green62 (24.3%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue276.15°
Saturation (HSL)67.83%
Lightness54.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9C · G 3E · B DA

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