Recognised as Colour

#9F36FF

#9F36FF
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#9F36FF is a violet with RGB values 159, 54, 255 and HSL 271°, 100%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#9F36FF#9F36FF

HEX#9F36FF

RGBrgb(159, 54, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.6235, 0.2118, 1

RGB percentages62.4%, 21.2%, 100%

HSLhsl(271.3, 100%, 60.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(271.3, 78.8%, 100%)

CMYK37.6%, 78.8%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,434,303

CSS custom property--colour: #9F36FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17229WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness129.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.72:1

Contrast with white4.72:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5B5B5B

Inverted#60C900

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0072FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#0072FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.8 from the original

Tritanopia#8A6E9Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 81.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.45:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 10.3 Dark violet · ΔE 13.6 Dark orchid · ΔE 23.5 Medium blue · ΔE 27.3 Blue · ΔE 32 Fuchsia · ΔE 32.3

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 10.33, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#96FF36

Analogous#3A36FF, #FF36FB

Triadic#FF9F36, #36FF9F

Split complementary#FBFF36, #36FF3A

Tetradic#FF3B36, #96FF36, #36FBFF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E8CFFF

Lighter +20%#D09CFF

Lighter +10%#B769FF

Darker −10%#8703FF

Darker −20%#6C00CF

Darker −30%#51009C

Darker −40%#370069

More saturated +25%#9F36FF

Less saturated −25%#9E4FE6

Channel breakdown

R159

G54

B255

Red159 (62.4%)

Green54 (21.2%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue271.34°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness60.59%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 9F · G 36 · B FF

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