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Recognised as Colour

#9D53EF

  • #9D53EF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#9D53EF is a violet with RGB values 157, 83, 239 and HSL 268°, 83%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#9D53EF#9D53EF
HEX#9D53EF
RGBrgb(157, 83, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.6157, 0.3255, 0.9373
RGB percentages61.6%, 32.5%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(268.5, 83%, 63.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(268.5, 65.3%, 93.7%)
CMYK34.3%, 65.3%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,310,639
CSS custom property--colour: #9D53EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19587WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness133.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.92:1
Contrast with white4.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.92:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6E6E6E
Inverted#62AC10

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0079F4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#057AECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.3 from the original
Tritanopia#8C769Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.27:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 12Blue violet · ΔE 15.8Medium slateblue · ΔE 18.6Medium orchid · ΔE 19.8Dark violet · ΔE 20.8Slate blue · ΔE 26
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 12, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A5EF53
Analogous#5357EF, #EB53EF
Triadic#EF9D53, #53EF9D
Split complementary#EFEB53, #57EF53
Tetradic#EF5357, #A5EF53, #53EFEB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EDDFFC
Lighter +20%#D2B0F8
Lighter +10%#B882F3
Darker −10%#8224EB
Darker −20%#6913C9
Darker −30%#510E9B
Darker −40%#380A6C
More saturated +25%#9C43FF
Less saturated −25%#9E6AD8

Channel breakdown

R157
G83
B239
Red157 (61.6%)
Green83 (32.5%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue268.46°
Saturation (HSL)82.98%
Lightness63.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9D · G 53 · B EF

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