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Recognised as Colour

#9D57BF

  • #9D57BF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#9D57BF is a violet with RGB values 157, 87, 191 and HSL 280°, 45%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#9D57BF#9D57BF
HEX#9D57BF
RGBrgb(157, 87, 191)
RGB (0–1)0.6157, 0.3412, 0.749
RGB percentages61.6%, 34.1%, 74.9%
HSLhsl(280.4, 44.8%, 54.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.4, 54.5%, 74.9%)
CMYK17.8%, 54.5%, 0%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,311,615
CSS custom property--colour: #9D57BF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17746WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness126.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.62:1
Contrast with white4.62:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.55:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6D6D6D
Inverted#62A840

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3C71C2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#5377BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.8 from the original
Tritanopia#9A6883no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.62:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 13.2Medium orchid · ΔE 13.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 17.1Slate blue · ΔE 18.3Orchid · ΔE 18.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 23
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 13.25, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#79BF57
Analogous#6957BF, #BF57AD
Triadic#BF9D57, #57BF9D
Split complementary#ADBF57, #57BF69
Tetradic#BF6957, #79BF57, #57ADBF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3EBF7
Lighter +30%#DEC6E9
Lighter +20%#C8A1DB
Lighter +10%#B37CCD
Darker −10%#833FA4
Darker −20%#66317F
Darker −30%#48225B
Darker −40%#2B1436
More saturated +25%#A73ADC
Less saturated −25%#9374A2

Channel breakdown

R157
G87
B191
Red157 (61.6%)
Green87 (34.1%)
Blue191 (74.9%)
Hue280.38°
Saturation (HSL)44.83%
Lightness54.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9D · G 57 · B BF

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