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Recognised as Colour

#9D2DF9

  • #9D2DF9
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#9D2DF9 is a violet with RGB values 157, 45, 249 and HSL 273°, 94%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#9D2DF9#9D2DF9
HEX#9D2DF9
RGBrgb(157, 45, 249)
RGB (0–1)0.6157, 0.1765, 0.9765
RGB percentages61.6%, 17.6%, 97.6%
HSLhsl(272.9, 94.4%, 57.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(272.9, 81.9%, 97.6%)
CMYK36.9%, 81.9%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,300,921
CSS custom property--colour: #9D2DF9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15884WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness125 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.03:1
Contrast with white5.03:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#545454
Inverted#62D206

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006DFEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#006EF5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.9 from the original
Tritanopia#896897no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 80.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.03:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.18:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 9.9Dark violet · ΔE 12.1Dark orchid · ΔE 23.4Medium blue · ΔE 26.5Blue · ΔE 31.4Fuchsia · ΔE 31.8
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.91, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#89F92D
Analogous#372DF9, #F92DEF
Triadic#F99D2D, #2DF99D
Split complementary#EFF92D, #2DF937
Tetradic#F9372D, #89F92D, #2DEFF9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FAF3FF
Lighter +30%#E2C2FD
Lighter +20%#CB90FC
Lighter +10%#B45FFA
Darker −10%#8507EC
Darker −20%#6905BB
Darker −30%#4D0489
Darker −40%#310357
More saturated +25%#9E27FF
Less saturated −25%#9A48DE

Channel breakdown

R157
G45
B249
Red157 (61.6%)
Green45 (17.6%)
Blue249 (97.6%)
Hue272.94°
Saturation (HSL)94.44%
Lightness57.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9D · G 2D · B F9

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