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Recognised as Colour

#9C40DD

  • #9C40DD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#9C40DD is a violet with RGB values 156, 64, 221 and HSL 275°, 70%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#9C40DD#9C40DD
HEX#9C40DD
RGBrgb(156, 64, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.6118, 0.251, 0.8667
RGB percentages61.2%, 25.1%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(275.2, 69.8%, 55.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(275.2, 71%, 86.7%)
CMYK29.4%, 71%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,240,221
CSS custom property--colour: #9C40DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15955WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness123.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.01:1
Contrast with white5.01:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5F5F5F
Inverted#63BF22

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006CE2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#0570DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.4 from the original
Tritanopia#91648Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 63.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.01:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.19:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 5.5Blue violet · ΔE 13.1Dark violet · ΔE 15.8Medium orchid · ΔE 18.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 23.4Slate blue · ΔE 28.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 5.51, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#81DD40
Analogous#4D40DD, #DD40D0
Triadic#DD9C40, #40DD9C
Split complementary#D0DD40, #40DD4D
Tetradic#DD4D40, #81DD40, #40D0DD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F6EDFC
Lighter +30%#DFC2F4
Lighter +20%#C997EC
Lighter +10%#B26BE5
Darker −10%#8323C7
Darker −20%#661C9B
Darker −30%#4A1470
Darker −40%#2D0C45
More saturated +25%#A124F9
Less saturated −25%#975CC1

Channel breakdown

R156
G64
B221
Red156 (61.2%)
Green64 (25.1%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue275.16°
Saturation (HSL)69.78%
Lightness55.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9C · G 40 · B DD

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