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Recognised as Colour

#9E78EA

  • #9E78EA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#9E78EA is a violet with RGB values 158, 120, 234 and HSL 260°, 73%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#9E78EA#9E78EA
HEX#9E78EA
RGBrgb(158, 120, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.4706, 0.9176
RGB percentages62%, 47.1%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(260, 73.1%, 69.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260, 48.7%, 91.8%)
CMYK32.5%, 48.7%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,385,642
CSS custom property--colour: #9E78EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26643WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness148.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.33:1
Contrast with white3.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.33:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#888888
Inverted#618715

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#508EEEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#598CE7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.3 from the original
Tritanopia#8D8EA6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.32:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 4.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 14.5Slate blue · ΔE 14.6Royal blue · ΔE 20.9Medium orchid · ΔE 21.4Orchid · ΔE 24.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 4.92, a close match
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C4EA78
Analogous#788BEA, #D778EA
Triadic#EA9E78, #78EA9E
Split complementary#EAD778, #8BEA78
Tetradic#EA788B, #C4EA78, #78EAD7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FDFCFF
Lighter +20%#DDD0F8
Lighter +10%#BEA4F1
Darker −10%#7E4CE3
Darker −20%#5F22DA
Darker −30%#4C1BAE
Darker −40%#391482
More saturated +25%#9765FE
Less saturated −25%#A48CD7

Channel breakdown

R158
G120
B234
Red158 (62%)
Green120 (47.1%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue260°
Saturation (HSL)73.08%
Lightness69.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9E · G 78 · B EA

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