#9502EA

sRGB: 149 / 2 / 234

Restless currents dance upon still waters
Silent memories tremble in empty gardens
Infinite wonders illuminate hidden worlds

#9502EA belongs to the violet family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 149 red, 2 green and 234 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 278.0° lands in the violet region. Its 98.3% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 46.3% 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 (6.04:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 149, 2, 234
HSL: 278.02°, 98.31%, 46.27%
HSV / HSB: 278.02°, 99.15%, 91.76%
CMYK (approx.): 36.32%, 99.15%, 0.00%, 8.24%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 27.266, 12.374, 78.797
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 41.805, 80.602, -79.886
WCAG relative luminance: 0.12373
24-bit decimal: 9765610

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 #9502EA 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: 3.47:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

White text: 6.04:1

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

#57EA02 sits half a turn (180°) from #9502EA 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.

#9502EA #57EA02

Analogous

#2102EA and #EA02CB sit 30° to either side of #9502EA. 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.

#2102EA #9502EA #EA02CB

Triadic

#9502EA, #EA9502 and #02EA95 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#9502EA #EA9502 #02EA95

Split complementary

Start at #9502EA and look across the wheel. #CBEA02 and #02EA21 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#9502EA #CBEA02 #02EA21

Square

Starting with #9502EA, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #EA2102, #57EA02, then #02CBEA. Across the square, #9502EA pairs with #57EA02, and #EA2102 with #02CBEA.

#9502EA #EA2102 #57EA02 #02CBEA

Tetradic

#9502EA and #57EA02 are opposites, as are #EA0257 and #02EA95. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#9502EA #EA0257 #57EA02 #02EA95

Tints

Mixing #9502EA with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #AA35EE, keeps 80% of the original. By #EACCFB, the mixture is 80% white.

#9502EA #AA35EE #BF67F2 #D59AF7 #EACCFB #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #9502EA with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #7702BB, keeps 80% of the original. By #1E002F, the mixture is 80% black.

#9502EA #7702BB #59018C #3C015E #1E002F #000000

Tones

Mixing #9502EA with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #911BD5, keeps 80% of the original. By #846795, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#9502EA #911BD5 #8D34C0 #884EAA #846795 #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

#9502EA

RGB

rgb(149 2 234)

HSL

hsl(278.017 98.305% 46.275%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #9502EA;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#9502EA uses 149 red, 2 green and 234 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 58.4%

Green 0.8%

Blue 91.8%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #9502EA is 36.3% cyan, 99.1% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 8.2% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 36.3%

Magenta 99.1%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 8.2%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #9900EE. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #90E in CSS. For a modern design, keep #9502EA when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #9900FF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #9900EE Nearest web-safe: #9900FF

Gradient to complement

#9502EA #8B29C3 #804F9D #767676 #6C9D4F #61C329 #57EA02

Color vision previews

Compare how #9502EA 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.

#0060EF

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.

#0063E6

Tritanopia

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

#845889

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.

#2C4FEC

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.

#3652E8

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#8E37CE

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#636363

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.

#7F47B7

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 0.30054 G 0.00061 B 0.82279

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 0.53442 G 0.10343 B 0.88308

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.24729 G 0.01056 B 0.75434

CIE xyY

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

x 0.230 y 0.104 Y 12.374

CMY

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

C % 41.569 M % 99.216 Y % 8.235

Binary RGB

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

10010101 00000010 11101010