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Recognised as Colour

#9D05CB

  • #9D05CB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#9D05CB is a violet with RGB values 157, 5, 203 and HSL 286°, 95%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#9D05CB#9D05CB
HEX#9D05CB
RGBrgb(157, 5, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.6157, 0.0196, 0.7961
RGB percentages61.6%, 2%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(286.1, 95.2%, 40.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(286.1, 97.5%, 79.6%)
CMYK22.7%, 97.5%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,290,635
CSS custom property--colour: #9D05CB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11588WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness109.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.33:1
Contrast with white6.33:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#343434
Inverted#62FA34

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0059CFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#0063C8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 60.1 from the original
Tritanopia#994777no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 63.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.33:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.32:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 6.4Dark orchid · ΔE 11.4Blue violet · ΔE 12.2Medium orchid · ΔE 26.8Dark magenta · ΔE 29.5Fuchsia · ΔE 30.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 6.42, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#33CB05
Analogous#3A05CB, #CB0596
Triadic#CB9D05, #05CB9D
Split complementary#96CB05, #05CB3A
Tetradic#CB3A05, #33CB05, #0596CB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E79FFD
Lighter +30%#DA6EFB
Lighter +20%#CE3CFA
Lighter +10%#C10AF9
Darker −10%#770499
Darker −20%#500367
Darker −30%#2A0136
Darker −40%#030004
More saturated +25%#A000D0
Less saturated −25%#8F1FB1

Channel breakdown

R157
G5
B203
Red157 (61.6%)
Green5 (2%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue286.06°
Saturation (HSL)95.19%
Lightness40.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9D · G 05 · B CB

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