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Recognised as Colour

#960DD9

  • #960DD9
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#960DD9 is a violet with RGB values 150, 13, 217 and HSL 280°, 89%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#960DD9#960DD9
HEX#960DD9
RGBrgb(150, 13, 217)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.051, 0.851
RGB percentages58.8%, 5.1%, 85.1%
HSLhsl(280.3, 88.7%, 45.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.3, 94%, 85.1%)
CMYK30.9%, 94%, 0%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,833,945
CSS custom property--colour: #960DD9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11782WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness110.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.26:1
Contrast with white6.26:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#393939
Inverted#69F226

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005CDEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#0062D5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.2 from the original
Tritanopia#8B5180no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.26:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.36:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 1.9Blue violet · ΔE 7.2Dark orchid · ΔE 16.3Medium blue · ΔE 27Fuchsia · ΔE 31.3Magenta · ΔE 31.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 1.86, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#50D90D
Analogous#300DD9, #D90DB6
Triadic#D9960D, #0DD996
Split complementary#B6D90D, #0DD930
Tetradic#D9300D, #50D90D, #0DB6D9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E5B7FB
Lighter +30%#D387F8
Lighter +20%#C157F5
Lighter +10%#AF27F2
Darker −10%#750AA9
Darker −20%#530779
Darker −30%#320449
Darker −40%#110119
More saturated +25%#9A00E6
Less saturated −25%#8C2ABC

Channel breakdown

R150
G13
B217
Red150 (58.8%)
Green13 (5.1%)
Blue217 (85.1%)
Hue280.29°
Saturation (HSL)88.7%
Lightness45.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 96 · G 0D · B D9

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