Colour

#9E76BE

#9E76BE
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#9E76BE is a violet with RGB values 158, 118, 190 and HSL 273°, 36%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

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HEX#9E76BE

RGBrgb(158, 118, 190)

RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.4627, 0.7451

RGB percentages62%, 46.3%, 74.5%

HSLhsl(273.3, 35.6%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(273.3, 37.9%, 74.5%)

CMYK16.8%, 37.9%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,385,086

CSS custom property--colour: #9E76BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23944WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness140.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.79:1

Contrast with white3.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.79:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#848484

Inverted#618941

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6885C1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#7187BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.8 from the original

Tritanopia#9A8191no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.63:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 19.6 Plum · ΔE 20.2 Orchid · ΔE 26.8 Cornflower blue · ΔE 27.3 Dark slateblue · ΔE 27.4 Slate blue · ΔE 28.8

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 19.65, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#96BE76

Analogous#7A76BE, #BE76BA

Triadic#BE9E76, #76BE9E

Split complementary#BABE76, #76BE7A

Tetradic#BE7A76, #96BE76, #76BABE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E7DEEF

Lighter +20%#CFBBDF

Lighter +10%#B699CE

Darker −10%#8653AE

Darker −20%#6B428C

Darker −30%#513269

Darker −40%#362147

More saturated +25%#A15DD7

Less saturated −25%#9B8FA5

Channel breakdown

R158

G118

B190

Red158 (62%)

Green118 (46.3%)

Blue190 (74.5%)

Hue273.33°

Saturation (HSL)35.64%

Lightness60.39%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 9E · G 76 · B BE

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