Colour

#9600FF

#9600FF
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#9600FF is a violet with RGB values 150, 0, 255 and HSL 275°, 100%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#9600FF#9600FF

HEX#9600FF

RGBrgb(150, 0, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0, 1

RGB percentages58.8%, 0%, 100%

HSLhsl(275.3, 100%, 50%)

HSV / HSBhsv(275.3, 100%, 100%)

CMYK41.2%, 100%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,830,655

CSS custom property--colour: #9600FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13704WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness118.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.61:1

Contrast with white5.61:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#323232

Inverted#69FF00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0066FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#0066FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.1 from the original

Tritanopia#7D6396no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 90.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.74:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 20.5 Dark violet · ΔE 20.5 Blue · ΔE 23.3 Medium blue · ΔE 26.1 Dark orchid · ΔE 34.6 Fuchsia · ΔE 34.8

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 20.45, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#69FF00

Analogous#1600FF, #FF00E9

Triadic#FF9600, #00FF96

Split complementary#E9FF00, #00FF16

Tetradic#FF1600, #69FF00, #00E9FF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#EACCFF

Lighter +30%#D599FF

Lighter +20%#C066FF

Lighter +10%#AB33FF

Darker −10%#7800CC

Darker −20%#5A0099

Darker −30%#3C0066

Darker −40%#1E0033

More saturated +25%#9600FF

Less saturated −25%#9020DF

Channel breakdown

R150

B255

Red150 (58.8%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue275.29°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness50%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 96 · G 00 · B FF

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