Recognised as Colour

#9E66BA

#9E66BA
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#9E66BA is a violet with RGB values 158, 102, 186 and HSL 280°, 38%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

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HEX#9E66BA

RGBrgb(158, 102, 186)

RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.4, 0.7294

RGB percentages62%, 40%, 72.9%

HSLhsl(280, 37.8%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(280, 45.2%, 72.9%)

CMYK15.1%, 45.2%, 0%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,380,986

CSS custom property--colour: #9E66BA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20317WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness132.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.06:1

Contrast with white4.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.06:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#787878

Inverted#619945

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5579BDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#647EB8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.3 from the original

Tritanopia#9C7287no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.15:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 14.8 Orchid · ΔE 20.6 Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.1 Slate blue · ΔE 23.3 Medium orchid · ΔE 24.5 Dark slateblue · ΔE 25.1

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 14.79, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#82BA66

Analogous#7466BA, #BA66AC

Triadic#BA9E66, #66BA9E

Split complementary#ACBA66, #66BA74

Tetradic#BA7466, #82BA66, #66ACBA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F7F3F9

Lighter +30%#E1CFEA

Lighter +20%#CBACDA

Lighter +10%#B489CA

Darker −10%#854AA3

Darker −20%#693A80

Darker −30%#4C2A5D

Darker −40%#2F1A3A

More saturated +25%#A74AD6

Less saturated −25%#95829E

Channel breakdown

R158

G102

B186

Red158 (62%)

Green102 (40%)

Blue186 (72.9%)

Hue280°

Saturation (HSL)37.84%

Lightness56.47%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 9E · G 66 · B BA

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