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Recognised as Colour

#9F7AEF

  • #9F7AEF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#9F7AEF is a violet with RGB values 159, 122, 239 and HSL 259°, 79%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#9F7AEF#9F7AEF
HEX#9F7AEF
RGBrgb(159, 122, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.6235, 0.4784, 0.9373
RGB percentages62.4%, 47.8%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(259, 78.5%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259, 49%, 93.7%)
CMYK33.5%, 49%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,451,695
CSS custom property--colour: #9F7AEF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27522WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness151 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.5:1
Contrast with white3.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.5:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A
Inverted#608510

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5090F3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#588EECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.4 from the original
Tritanopia#8D91A9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.23:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 6.5Medium slateblue · ΔE 13.6Slate blue · ΔE 15Royal blue · ΔE 20.7Medium orchid · ΔE 21.6Orchid · ΔE 25.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 6.5, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CAEF7A
Analogous#7A90EF, #D97AEF
Triadic#EF9F7A, #7AEF9F
Split complementary#EFD97A, #90EF7A
Tetradic#EF7A90, #CAEF7A, #7AEFD9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E1D5FA
Lighter +10%#C0A8F4
Darker −10%#7E4CEA
Darker −20%#5D1FE4
Darker −30%#4A16BA
Darker −40%#38118C
More saturated +25%#996AFF
Less saturated −25%#A68DDC

Channel breakdown

R159
G122
B239
Red159 (62.4%)
Green122 (47.8%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue258.97°
Saturation (HSL)78.52%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9F · G 7A · B EF

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