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Recognised as Colour

#9D28DC

  • #9D28DC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#9D28DC is a violet with RGB values 157, 40, 220 and HSL 279°, 72%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#9D28DC#9D28DC
HEX#9D28DC
RGBrgb(157, 40, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.6157, 0.1569, 0.8627
RGB percentages61.6%, 15.7%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(279, 72%, 51%)
HSV / HSBhsv(279, 81.8%, 86.3%)
CMYK28.6%, 81.8%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,299,612
CSS custom property--colour: #9D28DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13853WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness117.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.57:1
Contrast with white5.57:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4E4E4E
Inverted#62D723

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0064E1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#0069D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54 from the original
Tritanopia#935985no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 68 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.57:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.77:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 6.4Blue violet · ΔE 7.2Dark orchid · ΔE 10.8Medium orchid · ΔE 26.5Medium blue · ΔE 30.5Fuchsia · ΔE 31.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 6.36, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#67DC28
Analogous#4328DC, #DC28C1
Triadic#DC9D28, #28DC9D
Split complementary#C1DC28, #28DC43
Tetradic#DC4328, #67DC28, #28C1DC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EDD7F9
Lighter +30%#D9ACF1
Lighter +20%#C580EA
Lighter +10%#B154E3
Darker −10%#7F1DB4
Darker −20%#601688
Darker −30%#410F5C
Darker −40%#220830
More saturated +25%#A609FB
Less saturated −25%#9447BD

Channel breakdown

R157
G40
B220
Red157 (61.6%)
Green40 (15.7%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue279°
Saturation (HSL)72%
Lightness50.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9D · G 28 · B DC

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