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Recognised as Colour

#9C48FE

  • #9C48FE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#9C48FE is a violet with RGB values 156, 72, 254 and HSL 268°, 99%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#9C48FE#9C48FE
HEX#9C48FE
RGBrgb(156, 72, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.6118, 0.2824, 0.9961
RGB percentages61.2%, 28.2%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(267.7, 98.9%, 63.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(267.7, 71.7%, 99.6%)
CMYK38.6%, 71.7%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,242,302
CSS custom property--colour: #9C48FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18858WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness132.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.77:1
Contrast with white4.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.77:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#676767
Inverted#63B701

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0078FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#0077FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.6 from the original
Tritanopia#85769Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.4:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 8.8Dark violet · ΔE 15.2Dark orchid · ΔE 18.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 29.2Medium blue · ΔE 29.5Medium orchid · ΔE 30.9
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 8.8, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AAFE48
Analogous#484FFE, #F748FE
Triadic#FE9C48, #48FE9C
Split complementary#FEF748, #4FFE48
Tetradic#FE484F, #AAFE48, #48FEF7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EEE0FF
Lighter +20%#D3ADFF
Lighter +10%#B77BFE
Darker −10%#8115FE
Darker −20%#6701DF
Darker −30%#5001AC
Darker −40%#380179
More saturated +25%#9C47FF
Less saturated −25%#9E5FE7

Channel breakdown

R156
G72
B254
Red156 (61.2%)
Green72 (28.2%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue267.69°
Saturation (HSL)98.91%
Lightness63.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9C · G 48 · B FE

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