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Recognised as Colour

#9F3FC3

  • #9F3FC3
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#9F3FC3 is a violet with RGB values 159, 63, 195 and HSL 284°, 52%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#9F3FC3#9F3FC3
HEX#9F3FC3
RGBrgb(159, 63, 195)
RGB (0–1)0.6235, 0.2471, 0.7647
RGB percentages62.4%, 24.7%, 76.5%
HSLhsl(283.6, 52.4%, 50.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(283.6, 67.7%, 76.5%)
CMYK18.5%, 67.7%, 0%, 23.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,436,547
CSS custom property--colour: #9F3FC3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14866WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness119.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.29:1
Contrast with white5.29:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5D5D5D
Inverted#60C03C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0066C7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#3C6EC0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.1 from the original
Tritanopia#9C597Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.29:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.97:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 9.2Dark orchid · ΔE 10.6Dark magenta · ΔE 18.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.2Purple · ΔE 21.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 23.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 9.16, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#63C33F
Analogous#5D3FC3, #C33FA5
Triadic#C39F3F, #3FC39F
Split complementary#A5C33F, #3FC35D
Tetradic#C35D3F, #63C33F, #3FA5C3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EDDAF4
Lighter +30%#D9B4E7
Lighter +20%#C68DDB
Lighter +10%#B266CF
Darker −10%#80319E
Darker −20%#612577
Darker −30%#411950
Darker −40%#210D29
More saturated +25%#AD1FE3
Less saturated −25%#915FA3

Channel breakdown

R159
G63
B195
Red159 (62.4%)
Green63 (24.7%)
Blue195 (76.5%)
Hue283.64°
Saturation (HSL)52.38%
Lightness50.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9F · G 3F · B C3

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