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Recognised as Colour

#9D00EB

  • #9D00EB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#9D00EB is a violet with RGB values 157, 0, 235 and HSL 280°, 100%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#9D00EB#9D00EB
HEX#9D00EB
RGBrgb(157, 0, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.6157, 0, 0.9216
RGB percentages61.6%, 0%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(280.1, 100%, 46.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.1, 100%, 92.2%)
CMYK33.2%, 100%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,289,387
CSS custom property--colour: #9D00EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13166WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness116.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.78:1
Contrast with white5.78:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#323232
Inverted#62FF14

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0062F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#0066E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56.3 from the original
Tritanopia#8F578Ano 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 text5.78:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.63:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 10.4Blue violet · ΔE 12.6Dark orchid · ΔE 24.8Medium blue · ΔE 26.7Fuchsia · ΔE 29.6Magenta · ΔE 29.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 10.35, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4EEB00
Analogous#2700EB, #EB00C4
Triadic#EB9D00, #00EB9D
Split complementary#C3EB00, #00EB28
Tetradic#EB2700, #4EEB00, #00C4EB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E7B8FF
Lighter +30%#D785FF
Lighter +20%#C652FF
Lighter +10%#B51FFF
Darker −10%#7B00B8
Darker −20%#590085
Darker −30%#370052
Darker −40%#15001F
More saturated +25%#9D00EB
Less saturated −25%#931DCE

Channel breakdown

R157
G0
B235
Red157 (61.6%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue280.09°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness46.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9D · G 00 · B EB

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