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Recognised as Colour

#9F24DC

  • #9F24DC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#9F24DC is a violet with RGB values 159, 36, 220 and HSL 280°, 72%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#9F24DC#9F24DC
HEX#9F24DC
RGBrgb(159, 36, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.6235, 0.1412, 0.8627
RGB percentages62.4%, 14.1%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(280.1, 72.4%, 50.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.1, 83.6%, 86.3%)
CMYK27.7%, 83.6%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,429,660
CSS custom property--colour: #9F24DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.138WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness117.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.59:1
Contrast with white5.59:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4B4B4B
Inverted#60DB23

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0063E1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#006AD8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56.5 from the original
Tritanopia#965784no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 68.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.59:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.76:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 5.5Blue violet · ΔE 7.7Dark orchid · ΔE 11.9Medium orchid · ΔE 27.3Fuchsia · ΔE 30.5Magenta · ΔE 30.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 5.48, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#61DC24
Analogous#4324DC, #DC24BD
Triadic#DC9F24, #24DC9F
Split complementary#BDDC24, #24DC43
Tetradic#DC4324, #61DC24, #24BDDC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ECD4F8
Lighter +30%#D9A8F1
Lighter +20%#C67CEA
Lighter +10%#B250E3
Darker −10%#801CB1
Darker −20%#601585
Darker −30%#400E59
Darker −40%#20072D
More saturated +25%#AA04FC
Less saturated −25%#9444BC

Channel breakdown

R159
G36
B220
Red159 (62.4%)
Green36 (14.1%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue280.11°
Saturation (HSL)72.44%
Lightness50.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9F · G 24 · B DC

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