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Recognised as Colour

#9E72EC

  • #9E72EC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#9E72EC is a violet with RGB values 158, 114, 236 and HSL 262°, 76%, 69%. 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 purple.

Colour values

#9E72EC#9E72EC
HEX#9E72EC
RGBrgb(158, 114, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.4471, 0.9255
RGB percentages62%, 44.7%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(261.6, 76.3%, 68.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261.6, 51.7%, 92.5%)
CMYK33.1%, 51.7%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,384,108
CSS custom property--colour: #9E72EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2536WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness146.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.07:1
Contrast with white3.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.07:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#848484
Inverted#618D13

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#448AF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#4F89E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.4 from the original
Tritanopia#8D8AA4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.46:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 8.5Medium slateblue · ΔE 11.2Slate blue · ΔE 14Medium orchid · ΔE 18.6Royal blue · ΔE 21.4Orchid · ΔE 25.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 8.52, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C0EC72
Analogous#7283EC, #DB72EC
Triadic#EC9E72, #72EC9E
Split complementary#ECDB72, #83EC72
Tetradic#EC7283, #C0EC72, #72ECDB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBF9FE
Lighter +20%#DCCCF8
Lighter +10%#BD9FF2
Darker −10%#7F45E6
Darker −20%#621DDB
Darker −30%#4E17AE
Darker −40%#391181
More saturated +25%#995FFF
Less saturated −25%#A486D8

Channel breakdown

R158
G114
B236
Red158 (62%)
Green114 (44.7%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue261.64°
Saturation (HSL)76.25%
Lightness68.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9E · G 72 · B EC

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