Colour

#9E4FFF

#9E4FFF
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#9E4FFF is a violet with RGB values 158, 79, 255 and HSL 267°, 100%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#9E4FFF#9E4FFF

HEX#9E4FFF

RGBrgb(158, 79, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.3098, 1

RGB percentages62%, 31%, 100%

HSLhsl(266.9, 100%, 65.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(266.9, 69%, 100%)

CMYK38%, 69%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,375,167

CSS custom property--colour: #9E4FFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20081WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness136.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.02:1

Contrast with white4.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.02:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#6D6D6D

Inverted#61B000

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#007CFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#007AFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.5 from the original

Tritanopia#887AA2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.19:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 10.7 Dark violet · ΔE 17.2 Dark orchid · ΔE 17.2 Medium slateblue · ΔE 26.2 Medium orchid · ΔE 28.4 Medium blue · ΔE 31.6

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 10.72, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B0FF4F

Analogous#4F58FF, #F64FFF

Triadic#FF9E4F, #4FFF9E

Split complementary#FFF64F, #58FF4F

Tetradic#FF4F58, #B0FF4F, #4FFFF6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F2E8FF

Lighter +20%#D6B5FF

Lighter +10%#BA82FF

Darker −10%#821CFF

Darker −20%#6800E8

Darker −30%#5100B5

Darker −40%#3A0082

More saturated +25%#9E4FFF

Less saturated −25%#A065E9

Channel breakdown

R158

G79

B255

Red158 (62%)

Green79 (31%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue266.93°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness65.49%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 9E · G 4F · B FF

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