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Recognised as Colour

#9E6EFD

  • #9E6EFD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium slateblue

#9E6EFD is a violet with RGB values 158, 110, 253 and HSL 260°, 97%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#9E6EFD#9E6EFD
HEX#9E6EFD
RGBrgb(158, 110, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.4314, 0.9922
RGB percentages62%, 43.1%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(260.1, 97.3%, 71.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.1, 56.5%, 99.2%)
CMYK37.5%, 56.5%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,383,101
CSS custom property--colour: #9E6EFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25513WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness147.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.1:1
Contrast with white3.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.1:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#838383
Inverted#619102

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#218BFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#3588FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.6 from the original
Tritanopia#878CABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 65.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.44:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 9.9Slate blue · ΔE 19.4Medium purple · ΔE 19.5Medium orchid · ΔE 20.4Dark orchid · ΔE 21.8Royal blue · ΔE 25
Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 9.85, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CDFD6E
Analogous#6E85FD, #E66EFD
Triadic#FD9E6E, #6EFD9E
Split complementary#FDE66E, #85FD6E
Tetradic#FD6E85, #CDFD6E, #6EFDE6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E1D3FE
Lighter +10%#C0A0FE
Darker −10%#7C3CFC
Darker −20%#5B09FC
Darker −30%#4703CF
Darker −40%#36029D
More saturated +25%#9D6CFF
Less saturated −25%#A480EB

Channel breakdown

R158
G110
B253
Red158 (62%)
Green110 (43.1%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue260.14°
Saturation (HSL)97.28%
Lightness71.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9E · G 6E · B FD

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