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Recognised as Colour

#9F09FB

  • #9F09FB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#9F09FB is a violet with RGB values 159, 9, 251 and HSL 277°, 97%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#9F09FB#9F09FB
HEX#9F09FB
RGBrgb(159, 9, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.6235, 0.0353, 0.9843
RGB percentages62.4%, 3.5%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(277.2, 96.8%, 51%)
HSV / HSBhsv(277.2, 96.4%, 98.4%)
CMYK36.7%, 96.4%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,422,779
CSS custom property--colour: #9F09FB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14531WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness121.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.38:1
Contrast with white5.38:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3A3A3A
Inverted#60F604

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0068FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#006AF7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.2 from the original
Tritanopia#8C6094no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 84.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.38:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.91:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 16.8Blue violet · ΔE 17.4Medium blue · ΔE 27.3Blue · ΔE 27.3Dark orchid · ΔE 30.8Fuchsia · ΔE 31.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 16.83, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#65FB09
Analogous#2609FB, #FB09DE
Triadic#FB9F09, #09FB9F
Split complementary#DEFB09, #09FB26
Tetradic#FB2609, #65FB09, #09DEFB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EDD2FE
Lighter +30%#DAA0FD
Lighter +20%#C66DFD
Lighter +10%#B33BFC
Darker −10%#8103CE
Darker −20%#61039B
Darker −30%#420269
Darker −40%#220137
More saturated +25%#A005FF
Less saturated −25%#9828DC

Channel breakdown

R159
G9
B251
Red159 (62.4%)
Green9 (3.5%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue277.19°
Saturation (HSL)96.8%
Lightness50.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9F · G 09 · B FB

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