#9428FA

sRGB: 148 / 40 / 250

#9428FA belongs to the violet family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 148 red, 40 green and 250 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 270.9° lands in the violet region. Its 95.5% saturation makes it strong in color 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 (5.33:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 148, 40, 250
HSL: 270.86°, 95.45%, 56.86%
HSV / HSB: 270.86°, 84.00%, 98.04%
CMYK (approx.): 40.80%, 84.00%, 0.00%, 1.96%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 30.225, 14.716, 91.694
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 45.243, 77.305, -83.263
WCAG relative luminance: 0.14716
24-bit decimal: 9709818

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 #9428FA 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: 3.94:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

White text: 5.33:1

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

#8EFA28 sits half a turn (180°) from #9428FA 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.

#9428FA #8EFA28

Analogous

#2B28FA and #FA28F7 sit 30° to either side of #9428FA. 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.

#2B28FA #9428FA #FA28F7

Triadic

#9428FA, #FA9428 and #28FA94 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#9428FA #FA9428 #28FA94

Split complementary

Start at #9428FA and look across the wheel. #F7FA28 and #28FA2B sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#9428FA #F7FA28 #28FA2B

Square

Starting with #9428FA, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #FA2B28, #8EFA28, then #28F7FA. Across the square, #9428FA pairs with #8EFA28, and #FA2B28 with #28F7FA.

#9428FA #FA2B28 #8EFA28 #28F7FA

Tetradic

#9428FA and #8EFA28 are opposites, as are #FA288E and #28FA94. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#9428FA #FA288E #8EFA28 #28FA94

Tints

Mixing #9428FA with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A953FB, keeps 80% of the original. By #EAD4FE, the mixture is 80% white.

#9428FA #A953FB #BF7EFC #D4A9FD #EAD4FE #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #9428FA with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #7620C8, keeps 80% of the original. By #1E0832, the mixture is 80% black.

#9428FA #7620C8 #591896 #3B1064 #1E0832 #000000

Tones

Mixing #9428FA with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #903AE2, keeps 80% of the original. By #846E98, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#9428FA #903AE2 #8C4BC9 #885DB1 #846E98 #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

#9428FA

RGB

rgb(148 40 250)

HSL

hsl(270.857 95.455% 56.863%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #9428FA;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#9428FA uses 148 red, 40 green and 250 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 58.0%

Green 15.7%

Blue 98.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #9428FA is 40.8% cyan, 84.0% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 2.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 40.8%

Magenta 84.0%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 2.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #9922FF. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #92F in CSS. For a modern design, keep #9428FA when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #9933FF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #9922FF Nearest web-safe: #9933FF

Gradient to complement

#9428FA #934BD7 #926EB4 #919191 #90B46E #8FD74B #8EFA28

Color vision previews

Compare how #9428FA 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.

#006AFF

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.

#0069F6

Tritanopia

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

#7B6896

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.

#255BFC

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.

#2D5BF8

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#8B48DC

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#6B6B6B

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.

#8252C4

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 0.29614 G 0.02122 B 0.95597

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 0.53446 G 0.19092 B 0.94387

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.24733 G 0.03034 B 0.87703

CIE xyY

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

x 0.221 y 0.108 Y 14.716

CMY

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

C % 41.961 M % 84.314 Y % 1.961

Binary RGB

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

10010100 00101000 11111010