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Recognised as Colour

#9F79DB

  • #9F79DB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#9F79DB is a violet with RGB values 159, 121, 219 and HSL 263°, 58%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#9F79DB#9F79DB
HEX#9F79DB
RGBrgb(159, 121, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.6235, 0.4745, 0.8588
RGB percentages62.4%, 47.5%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(263.3, 57.6%, 66.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(263.3, 44.7%, 85.9%)
CMYK27.4%, 44.7%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,451,419
CSS custom property--colour: #9F79DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2616WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness147 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.23:1
Contrast with white3.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.23:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#888888
Inverted#608624

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5D8CDFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#658BD9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.8 from the original
Tritanopia#948A9Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.37:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 6.4Slate blue · ΔE 18.2Medium slateblue · ΔE 22.2Orchid · ΔE 23.4Royal blue · ΔE 24.4Medium orchid · ΔE 24.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 6.38, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B5DB79
Analogous#7984DB, #D079DB
Triadic#DB9F79, #79DB9F
Split complementary#DBD079, #84DB79
Tetradic#DB7984, #B5DB79, #79DBD0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F5F2FB
Lighter +20%#D9C9F1
Lighter +10%#BCA1E6
Darker −10%#8251D0
Darker −20%#6832BC
Darker −30%#512893
Darker −40%#3B1D6B
More saturated +25%#9A64F0
Less saturated −25%#A48EC6

Channel breakdown

R159
G121
B219
Red159 (62.4%)
Green121 (47.5%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue263.27°
Saturation (HSL)57.65%
Lightness66.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9F · G 79 · B DB

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