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Recognised as Colour

#9D6CFB

  • #9D6CFB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium slateblue

#9D6CFB is a violet with RGB values 157, 108, 251 and HSL 261°, 95%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#9D6CFB#9D6CFB
HEX#9D6CFB
RGBrgb(157, 108, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.6157, 0.4235, 0.9843
RGB percentages61.6%, 42.4%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(260.6, 94.7%, 70.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.6, 57%, 98.4%)
CMYK37.5%, 57%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,317,051
CSS custom property--colour: #9D6CFB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24858WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness146.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.97:1
Contrast with white3.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.97:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#818181
Inverted#629304

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#1C8AFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#3387F8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.3 from the original
Tritanopia#868AA9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 65.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.52:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 9.8Slate blue · ΔE 19.2Medium purple · ΔE 19.6Medium orchid · ΔE 20Dark orchid · ΔE 21.1Royal blue · ΔE 25.1
Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 9.83, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CAFB6C
Analogous#6C83FB, #E46CFB
Triadic#FB9D6C, #6CFB9D
Split complementary#FBE46C, #83FB6C
Tetradic#FB6C83, #CAFB6C, #6CFBE4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DFCFFE
Lighter +10%#BE9EFC
Darker −10%#7C3AFA
Darker −20%#5B09F8
Darker −30%#4805C9
Darker −40%#360497
More saturated +25%#9C68FF
Less saturated −25%#A37FE8

Channel breakdown

R157
G108
B251
Red157 (61.6%)
Green108 (42.4%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue260.56°
Saturation (HSL)94.7%
Lightness70.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9D · G 6C · B FB

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