#9052D0

sRGB: 144 / 82 / 208

#9052D0 belongs to the violet family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 144 red, 82 green and 208 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 269.5° lands in the violet region. Its 57.3% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 56.9% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, white has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (4.88:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 144, 82, 208
HSL: 269.52°, 57.27%, 56.86%
HSV / HSB: 269.52°, 60.58%, 81.57%
CMYK (approx.): 30.77%, 60.58%, 0.00%, 18.43%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 25.902, 16.518, 61.500
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 47.647, 49.829, -55.576
WCAG relative luminance: 0.16518
24-bit decimal: 9458384

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #9052D0 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 4.30:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

White text: 4.88:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#92D052 sits half a turn (180°) from #9052D0 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#9052D0 #92D052

Analogous

#5253D0 and #CF52D0 sit 30° to either side of #9052D0. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#5253D0 #9052D0 #CF52D0

Triadic

#9052D0, #D09052 and #52D090 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#9052D0 #D09052 #52D090

Split complementary

Start at #9052D0 and look across the wheel. #D0CF52 and #53D052 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#9052D0 #D0CF52 #53D052

Square

Starting with #9052D0, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #D05253, #92D052, then #52D0CF. Across the square, #9052D0 pairs with #92D052, and #D05253 with #52D0CF.

#9052D0 #D05253 #92D052 #52D0CF

Tetradic

#9052D0 and #92D052 are opposites, as are #D05292 and #52D090. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#9052D0 #D05292 #92D052 #52D090

Tints

Mixing #9052D0 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A675D9, keeps 80% of the original. By #E9DCF6, the mixture is 80% white.

#9052D0 #A675D9 #BC97E3 #D3BAEC #E9DCF6 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #9052D0 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #7342A6, keeps 80% of the original. By #1D102A, the mixture is 80% black.

#9052D0 #7342A6 #56317D #3A2153 #1D102A #000000

Tones

Mixing #9052D0 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #8D5BC0, keeps 80% of the original. By #837790, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#9052D0 #8D5BC0 #8A64B0 #866EA0 #837790 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#9052D0

RGB

rgb(144 82 208)

HSL

hsl(269.524 57.273% 56.863%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #9052D0;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#9052D0 uses 144 red, 82 green and 208 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 56.5%

Green 32.2%

Blue 81.6%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #9052D0 is 30.8% cyan, 60.6% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 18.4% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 30.8%

Magenta 60.6%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 18.4%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #8855CC. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #85C in CSS. For a modern design, keep #9052D0 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #9966CC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #8855CC Nearest web-safe: #9966CC

Gradient to complement

#9052D0 #9067BB #917CA6 #919191 #91A67C #92BB67 #92D052

Color vision previews

Compare how #9052D0 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#0770D4

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#3171CD

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#846C89

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#5867D2

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#5C68CE

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#8B5DBA

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#717171

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#8263A9

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.27889 G 0.08438 B 0.63076

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.53150 G 0.33332 B 0.78890

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.24436 G 0.09083 B 0.58519

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.249 y 0.159 Y 16.518

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 43.529 M % 67.843 Y % 18.431

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10010000 01010010 11010000