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Recognised as Colour

#9E1AFA

  • #9E1AFA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#9E1AFA is a violet with RGB values 158, 26, 250 and HSL 275°, 96%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#9E1AFA#9E1AFA
HEX#9E1AFA
RGBrgb(158, 26, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.102, 0.9804
RGB percentages62%, 10.2%, 98%
HSLhsl(275.4, 95.7%, 54.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(275.4, 89.6%, 98%)
CMYK36.8%, 89.6%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,361,594
CSS custom property--colour: #9E1AFA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1491WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness122.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.27:1
Contrast with white5.27:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#464646
Inverted#61E505

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0069FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#006BF6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.6 from the original
Tritanopia#8B6395no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 83.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.27:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.98:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 14.7Dark violet · ΔE 14.8Medium blue · ΔE 26.6Dark orchid · ΔE 28.1Blue · ΔE 28.5Fuchsia · ΔE 31.2
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 14.68, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#76FA1A
Analogous#2E1AFA, #FA1AE6
Triadic#FA9E1A, #1AFA9E
Split complementary#E6FA1A, #1AFA2E
Tetradic#FA2E1A, #76FA1A, #1AE6FA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3E2FE
Lighter +30%#DDB0FD
Lighter +20%#C87EFC
Lighter +10%#B34CFB
Darker −10%#8405DC
Darker −20%#6604AA
Darker −30%#480378
Darker −40%#2A0246
More saturated +25%#9F15FF
Less saturated −25%#9937DD

Channel breakdown

R158
G26
B250
Red158 (62%)
Green26 (10.2%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue275.36°
Saturation (HSL)95.73%
Lightness54.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9E · G 1A · B FA

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