Colour

#9E85EE

#9E85EE
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#9E85EE is a blue with RGB values 158, 133, 238 and HSL 254°, 76%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

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HEX#9E85EE

RGBrgb(158, 133, 238)

RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.5216, 0.9333

RGB percentages62%, 52.2%, 93.3%

HSLhsl(254.3, 75.5%, 72.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(254.3, 44.1%, 93.3%)

CMYK33.6%, 44.1%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,388,974

CSS custom property--colour: #9E85EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30217WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness155.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.04:1

Contrast with white2.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#929292

Inverted#617A11

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6397F2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23 from the original

Deuteranopia#6694EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.9 from the original

Tritanopia#8B99AEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.98:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 8.1 Slate blue · ΔE 18.7 Medium slateblue · ΔE 20.3 Royal blue · ΔE 21.8 Cornflower blue · ΔE 23.2 Dodgerblue · ΔE 26.5

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 8.08, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D5EE85

Analogous#85A1EE, #D285EE

Triadic#EE9E85, #85EE9E

Split complementary#EED385, #A1EE85

Tetradic#EE85A1, #D5EE85, #85EED2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E5DFFA

Lighter +10%#C2B2F4

Darker −10%#7A58E8

Darker −20%#572BE2

Darker −30%#421BBF

Darker −40%#321493

More saturated +25%#9574FF

Less saturated −25%#A796DD

Channel breakdown

R158

G133

B238

Red158 (62%)

Green133 (52.2%)

Blue238 (93.3%)

Hue254.29°

Saturation (HSL)75.54%

Lightness72.75%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 9E · G 85 · B EE

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