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Recognised as Colour

#9E67BC

  • #9E67BC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#9E67BC is a violet with RGB values 158, 103, 188 and HSL 279°, 39%, 57%. 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

#9E67BC#9E67BC
HEX#9E67BC
RGBrgb(158, 103, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.4039, 0.7373
RGB percentages62%, 40.4%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(278.8, 38.8%, 57.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(278.8, 45.2%, 73.7%)
CMYK16%, 45.2%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,381,244
CSS custom property--colour: #9E67BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.206WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness133.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.12:1
Contrast with white4.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.12:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#797979
Inverted#619843

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#557ABFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#647FBAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.2 from the original
Tritanopia#9B7489no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.1:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 14.1Orchid · ΔE 20.6Slate blue · ΔE 22.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.1Medium orchid · ΔE 24.3Dark slateblue · ΔE 25.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 14.08, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#85BC67
Analogous#7367BC, #BC67B0
Triadic#BC9E67, #67BC9E
Split complementary#B0BC67, #67BC73
Tetradic#BC7367, #85BC67, #67B0BC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F8F5FA
Lighter +30%#E2D1EB
Lighter +20%#CBAEDB
Lighter +10%#B58ACC
Darker −10%#8649A7
Darker −20%#693A83
Darker −30%#4D2A60
Darker −40%#301B3C
More saturated +25%#A64CD7
Less saturated −25%#9682A1

Channel breakdown

R158
G103
B188
Red158 (62%)
Green103 (40.4%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue278.82°
Saturation (HSL)38.81%
Lightness57.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9E · G 67 · B BC

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