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Recognised as Colour

#9E40BE

  • #9E40BE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#9E40BE is a violet with RGB values 158, 64, 190 and HSL 285°, 50%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#9E40BE#9E40BE
HEX#9E40BE
RGBrgb(158, 64, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.251, 0.7451
RGB percentages62%, 25.1%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(284.8, 49.6%, 49.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(284.8, 66.3%, 74.5%)
CMYK16.8%, 66.3%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,371,262
CSS custom property--colour: #9E40BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14654WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness118.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.34:1
Contrast with white5.34:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5D5D5D
Inverted#61BF41

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0265C2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#416EBBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.4 from the original
Tritanopia#9C587Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.34:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.93:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 8.8Dark orchid · ΔE 13.4Dark magenta · ΔE 17Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.3Purple · ΔE 19.9Orchid · ΔE 23.1
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 8.75, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#60BE40
Analogous#5F40BE, #BE409F
Triadic#BE9E40, #40BE9E
Split complementary#9FBE40, #40BE5F
Tetradic#BE5F40, #60BE40, #409FBE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EBD8F2
Lighter +30%#D8B2E5
Lighter +20%#C58CD8
Lighter +10%#B266CB
Darker −10%#7E3398
Darker −20%#5F2672
Darker −30%#3F194C
Darker −40%#1F0D25
More saturated +25%#AE20DE
Less saturated −25%#8E609E

Channel breakdown

R158
G64
B190
Red158 (62%)
Green64 (25.1%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue284.76°
Saturation (HSL)49.61%
Lightness49.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9E · G 40 · B BE

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