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Recognised as Colour

#9E28F3

  • #9E28F3
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#9E28F3 is a violet with RGB values 158, 40, 243 and HSL 275°, 89%, 55%. 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

#9E28F3#9E28F3
HEX#9E28F3
RGBrgb(158, 40, 243)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.1569, 0.9529
RGB percentages62%, 15.7%, 95.3%
HSLhsl(274.9, 89.4%, 55.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(274.9, 83.5%, 95.3%)
CMYK35%, 83.5%, 0%, 4.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,365,171
CSS custom property--colour: #9E28F3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15258WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness123 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.18:1
Contrast with white5.18:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#505050
Inverted#61D70C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006AF8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#006DEFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.9 from the original
Tritanopia#8D6392no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.18:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.05:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 8.8Dark violet · ΔE 10Dark orchid · ΔE 21.7Medium blue · ΔE 26.9Fuchsia · ΔE 30.8Magenta · ΔE 30.8
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)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#7DF328
Analogous#3928F3, #F328E3
Triadic#F39E28, #28F39E
Split complementary#E3F328, #28F339
Tetradic#F33928, #7DF328, #28E3F3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F5E9FE
Lighter +30%#DFB9FB
Lighter +20%#CA89F8
Lighter +10%#B458F6
Darker −10%#850CDC
Darker −20%#680AAB
Darker −30%#4A077B
Darker −40%#2D044B
More saturated +25%#A01CFF
Less saturated −25%#9944D7

Channel breakdown

R158
G40
B243
Red158 (62%)
Green40 (15.7%)
Blue243 (95.3%)
Hue274.88°
Saturation (HSL)89.43%
Lightness55.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9E · G 28 · B F3

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