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Recognised as Colour

#9F3CED

  • #9F3CED
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#9F3CED is a violet with RGB values 159, 60, 237 and HSL 274°, 83%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#9F3CED#9F3CED
HEX#9F3CED
RGBrgb(159, 60, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.6235, 0.2353, 0.9294
RGB percentages62.4%, 23.5%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(273.6, 83.1%, 58.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.6, 74.7%, 92.9%)
CMYK32.9%, 74.7%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,435,821
CSS custom property--colour: #9F3CED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16717WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness126.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.83:1
Contrast with white4.83:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E
Inverted#60C312

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006FF2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45 from the original
Deuteranopia#0072E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.6 from the original
Tritanopia#906993no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.83:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.34:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 6.6Dark violet · ΔE 10.9Dark orchid · ΔE 13Medium orchid · ΔE 26.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 29.4Medium blue · ΔE 30.5
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 6.56, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8AED3C
Analogous#473CED, #ED3CE2
Triadic#ED9F3C, #3CED9F
Split complementary#E3ED3C, #3CED46
Tetradic#ED463C, #8AED3C, #3CE3ED

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FBF7FE
Lighter +30%#E4C8FA
Lighter +20%#CD99F6
Lighter +10%#B66BF1
Darker −10%#8715E1
Darker −20%#6B10B3
Darker −30%#4F0C84
Darker −40%#330855
More saturated +25%#A12AFF
Less saturated −25%#9C57D2

Channel breakdown

R159
G60
B237
Red159 (62.4%)
Green60 (23.5%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue273.56°
Saturation (HSL)83.1%
Lightness58.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9F · G 3C · B ED

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