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Recognised as Colour

#9E20FC

  • #9E20FC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#9E20FC is a violet with RGB values 158, 32, 252 and HSL 274°, 97%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#9E20FC#9E20FC
HEX#9E20FC
RGBrgb(158, 32, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.1255, 0.9882
RGB percentages62%, 12.5%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(274.4, 97.3%, 55.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(274.4, 87.3%, 98.8%)
CMYK37.3%, 87.3%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,363,132
CSS custom property--colour: #9E20FC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1533WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness123.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.16:1
Contrast with white5.16:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4B4B4B
Inverted#61DF03

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006BFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#006DF8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.4 from the original
Tritanopia#8A6597no 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 text5.16:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.07:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 14.3Dark violet · ΔE 14.9Medium blue · ΔE 26.6Dark orchid · ΔE 27.9Blue · ΔE 28.5Fuchsia · ΔE 31.5
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 14.3, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7EFC20
Analogous#3020FC, #FC20EC
Triadic#FC9E20, #20FC9E
Split complementary#ECFC20, #20FC30
Tetradic#FC3020, #7EFC20, #20ECFC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F6E9FF
Lighter +30%#E0B7FE
Lighter +20%#CA85FD
Lighter +10%#B452FD
Darker −10%#8503E6
Darker −20%#6802B4
Darker −30%#4B0281
Darker −40%#2E014F
More saturated +25%#9E1DFF
Less saturated −25%#9A3CE0

Channel breakdown

R158
G32
B252
Red158 (62%)
Green32 (12.5%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue274.36°
Saturation (HSL)97.35%
Lightness55.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9E · G 20 · B FC

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