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Recognised as Colour

#963AC6

  • #963AC6
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#963AC6 is a violet with RGB values 150, 58, 198 and HSL 279°, 55%, 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 Dark orchid.

Colour values

#963AC6#963AC6
HEX#963AC6
RGBrgb(150, 58, 198)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.2275, 0.7765
RGB percentages58.8%, 22.7%, 77.6%
HSLhsl(279.4, 55.1%, 50.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(279.4, 70.7%, 77.6%)
CMYK24.2%, 70.7%, 0%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,845,446
CSS custom property--colour: #963AC6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13587WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness114.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.65:1
Contrast with white5.65:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#585858
Inverted#69C539

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0063CAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44 from the original
Deuteranopia#2669C3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.4 from the original
Tritanopia#90597Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.65:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.72:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 6.3Medium orchid · ΔE 13.4Dark magenta · ΔE 20.8Blue violet · ΔE 20.9Dark violet · ΔE 21.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 22.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 6.28, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6AC63A
Analogous#503AC6, #C63AB0
Triadic#C6963A, #3AC696
Split complementary#B0C63A, #3AC650
Tetradic#C6503A, #6AC63A, #3AB0C6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EAD8F4
Lighter +30%#D5B1E8
Lighter +20%#C089DD
Lighter +10%#AB62D1
Darker −10%#782E9F
Darker −20%#5A2377
Darker −30%#3C1750
Darker −40%#1F0C28
More saturated +25%#A01AE6
Less saturated −25%#8C5AA6

Channel breakdown

R150
G58
B198
Red150 (58.8%)
Green58 (22.7%)
Blue198 (77.6%)
Hue279.43°
Saturation (HSL)55.12%
Lightness50.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 96 · G 3A · B C6

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