Recognised as Colour

#9D60BB

#9D60BB
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#9D60BB is a violet with RGB values 157, 96, 187 and HSL 280°, 40%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

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HEX#9D60BB

RGBrgb(157, 96, 187)

RGB (0–1)0.6157, 0.3765, 0.7333

RGB percentages61.6%, 37.6%, 73.3%

HSLhsl(280.2, 40.1%, 55.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(280.2, 48.7%, 73.3%)

CMYK16%, 48.7%, 0%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,313,915

CSS custom property--colour: #9D60BB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19122WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness129.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.82:1

Contrast with white4.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.82:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#747474

Inverted#629F44

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4C76BEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#5E7BB9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34 from the original

Tritanopia#9B6E85no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.35:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 13.1 Orchid · ΔE 19.2 Rebecca purple · ΔE 20.1 Medium orchid · ΔE 20.5 Slate blue · ΔE 20.8 Violet · ΔE 24.5

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 13.12, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#7EBB60

Analogous#6F60BB, #BB60AC

Triadic#BB9D60, #60BB9D

Split complementary#ABBB60, #60BB70

Tetradic#BB7060, #7EBB60, #60ACBB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#F5EFF8

Lighter +30%#DFCBE9

Lighter +20%#C9A7DA

Lighter +10%#B384CA

Darker −10%#8445A3

Darker −20%#67367F

Darker −30%#4A275B

Darker −40%#2D1837

More saturated +25%#A744D7

Less saturated −25%#937C9F

Channel breakdown

R157

G96

B187

Red157 (61.6%)

Green96 (37.6%)

Blue187 (73.3%)

Hue280.22°

Saturation (HSL)40.09%

Lightness55.49%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 9D · G 60 · B BB

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