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Recognised as Colour

#9D55AE

  • #9D55AE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#9D55AE is a violet with RGB values 157, 85, 174 and HSL 289°, 35%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#9D55AE#9D55AE
HEX#9D55AE
RGBrgb(157, 85, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.6157, 0.3333, 0.6824
RGB percentages61.6%, 33.3%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(288.5, 35.5%, 50.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(288.5, 51.1%, 68.2%)
CMYK9.8%, 51.1%, 0%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,311,086
CSS custom property--colour: #9D55AE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16721WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness122.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.83:1
Contrast with white4.83:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6B6B6B
Inverted#62AA51

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#456DB1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37 from the original
Deuteranopia#5B74ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.7 from the original
Tritanopia#9E617Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.83:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.34:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 17.9Orchid · ΔE 18.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.1Medium orchid · ΔE 20.1Purple · ΔE 23.5Slate blue · ΔE 23.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 17.86, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#66AE55
Analogous#7055AE, #AE5593
Triadic#AE9D55, #55AE9D
Split complementary#92AE55, #55AE71
Tetradic#AE7155, #66AE55, #5593AE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EDDFF0
Lighter +30%#D9BDDF
Lighter +20%#C59ACF
Lighter +10%#B178BE
Darker −10%#7F438D
Darker −20%#60336A
Darker −30%#412248
Darker −40%#221225
More saturated +25%#B036CD
Less saturated −25%#8A748F

Channel breakdown

R157
G85
B174
Red157 (61.6%)
Green85 (33.3%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue288.54°
Saturation (HSL)35.46%
Lightness50.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9D · G 55 · B AE

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