Recognised as Colour

#9E88DB

#9E88DB
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#9E88DB is a violet with RGB values 158, 136, 219 and HSL 256°, 54%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#9E88DB#9E88DB

HEX#9E88DB

RGBrgb(158, 136, 219)

RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.5333, 0.8588

RGB percentages62%, 53.3%, 85.9%

HSLhsl(255.9, 53.5%, 69.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(255.9, 37.9%, 85.9%)

CMYK27.9%, 37.9%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,389,723

CSS custom property--colour: #9E88DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29992WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness154.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7:1

Contrast with white3:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#939393

Inverted#617724

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7196DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#7494D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.8 from the original

Tritanopia#9196A7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

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

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

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 16.5 Cornflower blue · ΔE 19.4 Plum · ΔE 22 Slate blue · ΔE 26.5 Dodgerblue · ΔE 28.9 Royal blue · ΔE 29.2

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 16.52, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C5DB88

Analogous#889CDB, #C788DB

Triadic#DB9E88, #88DB9E

Split complementary#DBC788, #9CDB88

Tetradic#DB889C, #C5DB88, #88DBC7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FEFDFF

Lighter +20%#DED6F3

Lighter +10%#BEAFE7

Darker −10%#7E61CF

Darker −20%#5F3BC2

Darker −30%#4C2F9B

Darker −40%#392374

More saturated +25%#9575EE

Less saturated −25%#A79BC8

Channel breakdown

R158

G136

B219

Red158 (62%)

Green136 (53.3%)

Blue219 (85.9%)

Hue255.9°

Saturation (HSL)53.55%

Lightness69.61%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 9E · G 88 · B DB

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