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Recognised as Colour

#9D7DDB

  • #9D7DDB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#9D7DDB is a violet with RGB values 157, 125, 219 and HSL 260°, 57%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#9D7DDB#9D7DDB
HEX#9D7DDB
RGBrgb(157, 125, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.6157, 0.4902, 0.8588
RGB percentages61.6%, 49%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(260.4, 56.6%, 67.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.4, 42.9%, 85.9%)
CMYK28.3%, 42.9%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,321,371
CSS custom property--colour: #9D7DDB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2695WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness148.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.39:1
Contrast with white3.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.39:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B
Inverted#628224

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#628EDEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#688DD9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.5 from the original
Tritanopia#908EA1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.29:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 8.8Slate blue · ΔE 19.9Cornflower blue · ΔE 23.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 24.4Royal blue · ΔE 24.9Orchid · ΔE 25.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 8.84, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BBDB7D
Analogous#7D8CDB, #CC7DDB
Triadic#DB9D7D, #7DDB9D
Split complementary#DBCC7D, #8CDB7D
Tetradic#DB7D8C, #BBDB7D, #7DDBCC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F7F5FC
Lighter +20%#D9CDF1
Lighter +10%#BBA5E6
Darker −10%#7F55D0
Darker −20%#6334BE
Darker −30%#4E2996
Darker −40%#391E6E
More saturated +25%#9668F0
Less saturated −25%#A492C6

Channel breakdown

R157
G125
B219
Red157 (61.6%)
Green125 (49%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue260.43°
Saturation (HSL)56.63%
Lightness67.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9D · G 7D · B DB

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