Recognised as Colour

#9E72AE

#9E72AE
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#9E72AE is a violet with RGB values 158, 114, 174 and HSL 284°, 27%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#9E72AE#9E72AE

HEX#9E72AE

RGBrgb(158, 114, 174)

RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.4471, 0.6824

RGB percentages62%, 44.7%, 68.2%

HSLhsl(284, 27%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(284, 34.5%, 68.2%)

CMYK9.2%, 34.5%, 0%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,384,046

CSS custom property--colour: #9E72AE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2236WCAG 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 5.47:1

Contrast with white3.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.47:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#808080

Inverted#618D51

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#697FB0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#7484ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.4 from the original

Tritanopia#9E7988no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.84:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 19.7 Medium purple · ΔE 26.3 Dark slateblue · ΔE 29.1 Orchid · ΔE 29.8 Pale violetred · ΔE 31.5 Cornflower blue · ΔE 31.5

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 19.71, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#82AE72

Analogous#8072AE, #AE72A0

Triadic#AE9E72, #72AE9E

Split complementary#A0AE72, #72AE80

Tetradic#AE8072, #82AE72, #72A0AE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F7F4F8

Lighter +30%#E1D3E6

Lighter +20%#CBB3D3

Lighter +10%#B492C1

Darker −10%#855697

Darker −20%#694476

Darker −30%#4C3156

Darker −40%#2F1F35

More saturated +25%#AB56CA

Less saturated −25%#918E92

Channel breakdown

R158

G114

B174

Red158 (62%)

Green114 (44.7%)

Blue174 (68.2%)

Hue284°

Saturation (HSL)27.03%

Lightness56.47%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 9E · G 72 · B AE

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