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Recognised as Colour

#963EED

  • #963EED
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#963EED is a violet with RGB values 150, 62, 237 and HSL 270°, 83%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#963EED#963EED
HEX#963EED
RGBrgb(150, 62, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.2431, 0.9294
RGB percentages58.8%, 24.3%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(270.2, 82.9%, 58.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270.2, 73.8%, 92.9%)
CMYK36.7%, 73.8%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,846,509
CSS custom property--colour: #963EED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16044WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness124 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.99:1
Contrast with white4.99:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5D5D5D
Inverted#69C112

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006EF2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#006FEAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46 from the original
Tritanopia#836B93no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.99:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.21:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 5.8Dark violet · ΔE 12.1Dark orchid · ΔE 13.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 27.7Medium orchid · ΔE 27.7Medium blue · ΔE 28.8
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 5.81, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#95ED3E
Analogous#3E3EED, #ED3EED
Triadic#ED963E, #3EED96
Split complementary#EDED3E, #3EED3F
Tetradic#ED3F3E, #95ED3E, #3EECED

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FCF9FE
Lighter +30%#E2CAFA
Lighter +20%#C99BF6
Lighter +10%#AF6DF1
Darker −10%#7D15E3
Darker −20%#6311B4
Darker −30%#490C86
Darker −40%#300857
More saturated +25%#962CFF
Less saturated −25%#9658D3

Channel breakdown

R150
G62
B237
Red150 (58.8%)
Green62 (24.3%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue270.17°
Saturation (HSL)82.94%
Lightness58.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 96 · G 3E · B ED

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