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Recognised as Colour

#9D52FF

  • #9D52FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#9D52FF is a violet with RGB values 157, 82, 255 and HSL 266°, 100%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#9D52FF#9D52FF
HEX#9D52FF
RGBrgb(157, 82, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.6157, 0.3216, 1
RGB percentages61.6%, 32.2%, 100%
HSLhsl(266, 100%, 66.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(266, 67.8%, 100%)
CMYK38.4%, 67.8%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,310,399
CSS custom property--colour: #9D52FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20423WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness136.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.08:1
Contrast with white4.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.08:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6E6E6E
Inverted#62AD00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#007DFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#007BFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.6 from the original
Tritanopia#867BA3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.13:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 11.8Dark orchid · ΔE 17Dark violet · ΔE 18.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 24.5Medium orchid · ΔE 27.5Medium blue · ΔE 32.4
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 11.78, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B4FF52
Analogous#525DFF, #F352FF
Triadic#FF9D52, #52FF9D
Split complementary#FFF452, #5DFF52
Tetradic#FF525E, #B4FF52, #52FFF4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F4EBFF
Lighter +20%#D7B8FF
Lighter +10%#BA85FF
Darker −10%#801FFF
Darker −20%#6600EB
Darker −30%#5000B8
Darker −40%#3A0085
More saturated +25%#9D52FF
Less saturated −25%#A068E9

Channel breakdown

R157
G82
B255
Red157 (61.6%)
Green82 (32.2%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue266.01°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness66.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9D · G 52 · B FF

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