Colour

#9E88FB

#9E88FB
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#9E88FB is a blue with RGB values 158, 136, 251 and HSL 251°, 93%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#9E88FB#9E88FB

HEX#9E88FB

RGBrgb(158, 136, 251)

RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.5333, 0.9843

RGB percentages62%, 53.3%, 98.4%

HSLhsl(251.5, 93.5%, 75.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(251.5, 45.8%, 98.4%)

CMYK37.1%, 45.8%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,389,755

CSS custom property--colour: #9E88FB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31842WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness159.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.37:1

Contrast with white2.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#959595

Inverted#617704

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5F9BFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#6096F8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.7 from the original

Tritanopia#869FB6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.85:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 9.8 Medium slateblue · ΔE 16.8 Slate blue · ΔE 18.2 Royal blue · ΔE 20.3 Cornflower blue · ΔE 25.5 Dodgerblue · ΔE 26.1

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 9.79, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E5FB88

Analogous#88ABFB, #D888FB

Triadic#FB9E88, #88FB9E

Split complementary#FBD788, #ACFB88

Tetradic#FB88AB, #E5FB88, #88FBD8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#EEEBFE

Lighter +10%#C6B9FD

Darker −10%#7657F9

Darker −20%#4E25F8

Darker −30%#3108E2

Darker −40%#2706B1

More saturated +25%#9C84FF

Less saturated −25%#A797EC

Channel breakdown

R158

G136

B251

Red158 (62%)

Green136 (53.3%)

Blue251 (98.4%)

Hue251.48°

Saturation (HSL)93.5%

Lightness75.88%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 9E · G 88 · B FB

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