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Recognised as Colour

#9E49E5

  • #9E49E5
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#9E49E5 is a violet with RGB values 158, 73, 229 and HSL 273°, 75%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#9E49E5#9E49E5
HEX#9E49E5
RGBrgb(158, 73, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.2863, 0.898
RGB percentages62%, 28.6%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(272.7, 75%, 59.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(272.7, 68.1%, 89.8%)
CMYK31%, 68.1%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,373,605
CSS custom property--colour: #9E49E5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17691WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness128.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.63:1
Contrast with white4.63:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.54:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#666666
Inverted#61B61A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0072EAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#0E75E2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.3 from the original
Tritanopia#916C92no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 64.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.63:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 8.2Blue violet · ΔE 14.2Dark violet · ΔE 17.9Medium orchid · ΔE 18.5Medium slateblue · ΔE 21.2Slate blue · ΔE 27.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 8.19, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#90E549
Analogous#5049E5, #E549DE
Triadic#E59E49, #49E59E
Split complementary#DEE549, #49E550
Tetradic#E55049, #90E549, #49DEE5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FDFCFF
Lighter +30%#E5CFF8
Lighter +20%#CEA2F2
Lighter +10%#B676EB
Darker −10%#861FDC
Darker −20%#6B19AF
Darker −30%#501382
Darker −40%#340C56
More saturated +25%#A02FFF
Less saturated −25%#9C63CB

Channel breakdown

R158
G73
B229
Red158 (62%)
Green73 (28.6%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue272.69°
Saturation (HSL)75%
Lightness59.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9E · G 49 · B E5

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