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Recognised as Colour

#9D40EE

  • #9D40EE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#9D40EE is a violet with RGB values 157, 64, 238 and HSL 272°, 84%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#9D40EE#9D40EE
HEX#9D40EE
RGBrgb(157, 64, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.6157, 0.251, 0.9333
RGB percentages61.6%, 25.1%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(272.1, 83.7%, 59.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(272.1, 73.1%, 93.3%)
CMYK34%, 73.1%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,305,774
CSS custom property--colour: #9D40EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17008WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness127.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.77:1
Contrast with white4.77:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#606060
Inverted#62BF11

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0071F3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#0072EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.5 from the original
Tritanopia#8D6B94no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.77:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.4:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 7.2Dark violet · ΔE 12.3Dark orchid · ΔE 12.7Medium orchid · ΔE 26.2Medium slateblue · ΔE 27.7Medium blue · ΔE 30.7
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 7.2, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#91EE40
Analogous#4640EE, #EE40E8
Triadic#EE9D40, #40EE9D
Split complementary#E8EE40, #40EE46
Tetradic#EE4640, #91EE40, #40E8EE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FDFBFF
Lighter +30%#E5CCFB
Lighter +20%#CD9EF6
Lighter +10%#B56FF2
Darker −10%#8515E6
Darker −20%#6A10B8
Darker −30%#4F0C89
Darker −40%#34085A
More saturated +25%#9E2FFF
Less saturated −25%#9B5AD4

Channel breakdown

R157
G64
B238
Red157 (61.6%)
Green64 (25.1%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue272.07°
Saturation (HSL)83.65%
Lightness59.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9D · G 40 · B EE

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