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Colour

#9E7BD9

  • #9E7BD9
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#9E7BD9 is a violet with RGB values 158, 123, 217 and HSL 262°, 55%, 67%. 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

#9E7BD9#9E7BD9
HEX#9E7BD9
RGBrgb(158, 123, 217)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.4824, 0.851
RGB percentages62%, 48.2%, 85.1%
HSLhsl(262.3, 55.3%, 66.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.3, 43.3%, 85.1%)
CMYK27.2%, 43.3%, 0%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,386,393
CSS custom property--colour: #9E7BD9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26445WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness147.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.29:1
Contrast with white3.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.29:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#898989
Inverted#618426

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#618CDCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#688CD7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.5 from the original
Tritanopia#938BA0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.34:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 8.5Slate blue · ΔE 19.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 24.3Orchid · ΔE 24.4Cornflower blue · ΔE 24.6Royal blue · ΔE 25.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 8.47, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B6D97B
Analogous#7B87D9, #CD7BD9
Triadic#D99E7B, #7BD99E
Split complementary#D9CD7B, #87D97B
Tetradic#D97B87, #B6D97B, #7BD9CD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F5F2FB
Lighter +20%#D8CAF0
Lighter +10%#BBA3E4
Darker −10%#8153CE
Darker −20%#6635B9
Darker −30%#502A91
Darker −40%#3A1E6A
More saturated +25%#9966EE
Less saturated −25%#A390C4

Channel breakdown

R158
G123
B217
Red158 (62%)
Green123 (48.2%)
Blue217 (85.1%)
Hue262.34°
Saturation (HSL)55.29%
Lightness66.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9E · G 7B · B D9

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