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Recognised as Colour

#9E60C8

  • #9E60C8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#9E60C8 is a violet with RGB values 158, 96, 200 and HSL 276°, 49%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#9E60C8#9E60C8
HEX#9E60C8
RGBrgb(158, 96, 200)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.3765, 0.7843
RGB percentages62%, 37.6%, 78.4%
HSLhsl(275.8, 48.6%, 58%)
HSV / HSBhsv(275.8, 52%, 78.4%)
CMYK21%, 52%, 0%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,379,464
CSS custom property--colour: #9E60C8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19805WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness132 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.96:1
Contrast with white4.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.96:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#757575
Inverted#619F37

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4378CCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#577CC5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.5 from the original
Tritanopia#99728Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.23:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 9.7Medium orchid · ΔE 15.4Slate blue · ΔE 16.7Orchid · ΔE 18.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 18.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 21.1
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 9.7, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8AC860
Analogous#6A60C8, #C860BE
Triadic#C89E60, #60C89E
Split complementary#BEC860, #60C86A
Tetradic#C86A60, #8AC860, #60BEC8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FAF8FC
Lighter +30%#E3D2EF
Lighter +20%#CCACE2
Lighter +10%#B586D5
Darker −10%#863FB6
Darker −20%#6A3290
Darker −30%#4E256A
Darker −40%#321844
More saturated +25%#A345E3
Less saturated −25%#997BAD

Channel breakdown

R158
G96
B200
Red158 (62%)
Green96 (37.6%)
Blue200 (78.4%)
Hue275.77°
Saturation (HSL)48.6%
Lightness58.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9E · G 60 · B C8

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