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Recognised as Colour

#9D40CC

  • #9D40CC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#9D40CC is a violet with RGB values 157, 64, 204 and HSL 280°, 58%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#9D40CC#9D40CC
HEX#9D40CC
RGBrgb(157, 64, 204)
RGB (0–1)0.6157, 0.251, 0.8
RGB percentages61.6%, 25.1%, 80%
HSLhsl(279.9, 57.9%, 52.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(279.9, 68.6%, 80%)
CMYK23%, 68.6%, 0%, 20%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,305,740
CSS custom property--colour: #9D40CC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15195WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness120.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.2:1
Contrast with white5.2:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E
Inverted#62BF33

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0068D0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45 from the original
Deuteranopia#316FC9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.9 from the original
Tritanopia#975D81no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.2:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.04:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 6.8Medium orchid · ΔE 11.6Blue violet · ΔE 21.3Dark magenta · ΔE 21.9Dark violet · ΔE 22.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 22.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 6.77, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6FCC40
Analogous#5740CC, #CC40B5
Triadic#CC9D40, #40CC9D
Split complementary#B5CC40, #40CC57
Tetradic#CC5740, #6FCC40, #40B5CC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F0E1F7
Lighter +30%#DBB9EC
Lighter +20%#C691E1
Lighter +10%#B268D7
Darker −10%#812EAB
Darker −20%#632383
Darker −30%#44185B
Darker −40%#260D33
More saturated +25%#A722EA
Less saturated −25%#935EAE

Channel breakdown

R157
G64
B204
Red157 (61.6%)
Green64 (25.1%)
Blue204 (80%)
Hue279.86°
Saturation (HSL)57.85%
Lightness52.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9D · G 40 · B CC

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