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Recognised as Colour

#9E4DCE

  • #9E4DCE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#9E4DCE is a violet with RGB values 158, 77, 206 and HSL 278°, 57%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#9E4DCE#9E4DCE
HEX#9E4DCE
RGBrgb(158, 77, 206)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.302, 0.8078
RGB percentages62%, 30.2%, 80.8%
HSLhsl(277.7, 56.8%, 55.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(277.7, 62.6%, 80.8%)
CMYK23.3%, 62.6%, 0%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,374,606
CSS custom property--colour: #9E4DCE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17033WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness125.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.77:1
Contrast with white4.77:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#686868
Inverted#61B231

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0C6FD2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#3E74CBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.2 from the original
Tritanopia#986687no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.77:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.41:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 8.9Dark orchid · ΔE 13.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 18.9Medium purple · ΔE 19.7Slate blue · ΔE 19.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 20.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 8.88, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7DCE4D
Analogous#5E4DCE, #CE4DBD
Triadic#CE9E4D, #4DCE9E
Split complementary#BDCE4D, #4DCE5E
Tetradic#CE5E4D, #7DCE4D, #4DBDCE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F5EDFA
Lighter +30%#DFC5EF
Lighter +20%#CA9DE4
Lighter +10%#B475D9
Darker −10%#8532B6
Darker −20%#68278E
Darker −30%#4A1C66
Darker −40%#2D113E
More saturated +25%#A531EA
Less saturated −25%#9769B2

Channel breakdown

R158
G77
B206
Red158 (62%)
Green77 (30.2%)
Blue206 (80.8%)
Hue277.67°
Saturation (HSL)56.83%
Lightness55.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9E · G 4D · B CE

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