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Recognised as Colour

#9C50FF

  • #9C50FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#9C50FF is a violet with RGB values 156, 80, 255 and HSL 266°, 100%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#9C50FF#9C50FF
HEX#9C50FF
RGBrgb(156, 80, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.6118, 0.3137, 1
RGB percentages61.2%, 31.4%, 100%
HSLhsl(266.1, 100%, 65.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(266.1, 68.6%, 100%)
CMYK38.8%, 68.6%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,244,351
CSS custom property--colour: #9C50FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20025WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness135.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.01:1
Contrast with white4.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.01:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6D6D6D
Inverted#63AF00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#007CFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#007AFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.7 from the original
Tritanopia#847AA2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.2:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 11Dark orchid · ΔE 17.3Dark violet · ΔE 17.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 25.5Medium orchid · ΔE 28.4Medium blue · ΔE 31.6
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 11.03, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B3FF50
Analogous#505CFF, #F350FF
Triadic#FF9C50, #50FF9C
Split complementary#FFF350, #5CFF50
Tetradic#FF505C, #B3FF50, #50FFF3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F3E9FF
Lighter +20%#D6B6FF
Lighter +10%#B983FF
Darker −10%#7F1DFF
Darker −20%#6500E9
Darker −30%#4F00B6
Darker −40%#390083
More saturated +25%#9C50FF
Less saturated −25%#9F66E9

Channel breakdown

R156
G80
B255
Red156 (61.2%)
Green80 (31.4%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue266.06°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness65.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9C · G 50 · B FF

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