Recognised as Colour

#9E2BD6

#9E2BD6
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark orchid

#9E2BD6 is a violet with RGB values 158, 43, 214 and HSL 280°, 68%, 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 orchid.

Colour values

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HEX#9E2BD6

RGBrgb(158, 43, 214)

RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.1686, 0.8392

RGB percentages62%, 16.9%, 83.9%

HSLhsl(280.4, 67.6%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(280.4, 79.9%, 83.9%)

CMYK26.2%, 79.9%, 0%, 16.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,365,910

CSS custom property--colour: #9E2BD6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13852WCAG 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 5.57:1

Contrast with white5.57:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#505050

Inverted#61D429

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0063DBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#006AD3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.1 from the original

Tritanopia#965782no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 64.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.77:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 7.1 Dark violet · ΔE 9.3 Blue violet · ΔE 10.2 Medium orchid · ΔE 22.9 Dark magenta · ΔE 29.5 Medium slateblue · ΔE 30.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 7.05, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#63D62B

Analogous#482BD6, #D62BB9

Triadic#D69E2B, #2BD69E

Split complementary#B9D62B, #2BD648

Tetradic#D6482B, #63D62B, #2BB9D6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#ECD6F7

Lighter +30%#D9ABEF

Lighter +20%#C580E7

Lighter +10%#B256DE

Darker −10%#7F21AD

Darker −20%#601982

Darker −30%#401157

Darker −40%#21092C

More saturated +25%#A90BF6

Less saturated −25%#934BB6

Channel breakdown

R158

G43

B214

Red158 (62%)

Green43 (16.9%)

Blue214 (83.9%)

Hue280.35°

Saturation (HSL)67.59%

Lightness50.39%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 9E · G 2B · B D6

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