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Recognised as Colour

#9E22DE

  • #9E22DE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#9E22DE is a violet with RGB values 158, 34, 222 and HSL 280°, 74%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#9E22DE#9E22DE
HEX#9E22DE
RGBrgb(158, 34, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.1333, 0.8706
RGB percentages62%, 13.3%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(279.6, 74%, 50.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(279.6, 84.7%, 87.1%)
CMYK28.8%, 84.7%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,363,614
CSS custom property--colour: #9E22DE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13687WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness117.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.62:1
Contrast with white5.62:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4A4A4A
Inverted#61DD21

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0063E3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0069DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.8 from the original
Tritanopia#945785no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.62:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.74:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 4.6Blue violet · ΔE 7Dark orchid · ΔE 13.4Medium orchid · ΔE 28.9Medium blue · ΔE 29.6Fuchsia · ΔE 30.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 4.64, a close match
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#62DE22
Analogous#4022DE, #DE22C0
Triadic#DE9E22, #22DE9E
Split complementary#C0DE22, #22DE40
Tetradic#DE4022, #62DE22, #22C0DE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ECD3F9
Lighter +30%#D8A7F2
Lighter +20%#C57BEB
Lighter +10%#B14EE5
Darker −10%#7F1BB2
Darker −20%#5F1486
Darker −30%#400D5A
Darker −40%#20072D
More saturated +25%#A802FE
Less saturated −25%#9442BE

Channel breakdown

R158
G34
B222
Red158 (62%)
Green34 (13.3%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue279.57°
Saturation (HSL)74.02%
Lightness50.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9E · G 22 · B DE

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