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Recognised as Colour

#9E76EB

  • #9E76EB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#9E76EB is a violet with RGB values 158, 118, 235 and HSL 261°, 75%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#9E76EB#9E76EB
HEX#9E76EB
RGBrgb(158, 118, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.4627, 0.9216
RGB percentages62%, 46.3%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(260.5, 74.5%, 69.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.5, 49.8%, 92.2%)
CMYK32.8%, 49.8%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,385,131
CSS custom property--colour: #9E76EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26224WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness148.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.24:1
Contrast with white3.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.24:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#878787
Inverted#618914

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4C8CEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#568BE8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.3 from the original
Tritanopia#8D8DA6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.36:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 6Medium slateblue · ΔE 13.1Slate blue · ΔE 14.2Medium orchid · ΔE 20.4Royal blue · ΔE 20.9Orchid · ΔE 24.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 6.04, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C3EB76
Analogous#7688EB, #D976EB
Triadic#EB9E76, #76EB9E
Split complementary#EBD876, #89EB76
Tetradic#EB7688, #C3EB76, #76EBD9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FDFCFE
Lighter +20%#DDCFF8
Lighter +10%#BEA3F1
Darker −10%#7E49E5
Darker −20%#6020DB
Darker −30%#4C19AF
Darker −40%#391382
More saturated +25%#9862FF
Less saturated −25%#A48AD7

Channel breakdown

R158
G118
B235
Red158 (62%)
Green118 (46.3%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue260.51°
Saturation (HSL)74.52%
Lightness69.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9E · G 76 · B EB

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