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Recognised as Colour

#9700CE

  • #9700CE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#9700CE is a violet with RGB values 151, 0, 206 and HSL 284°, 100%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#9700CE#9700CE
HEX#9700CE
RGBrgb(151, 0, 206)
RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0, 0.8078
RGB percentages59.2%, 0%, 80.8%
HSLhsl(284, 100%, 40.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(284, 100%, 80.8%)
CMYK26.7%, 100%, 0%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,896,142
CSS custom property--colour: #9700CE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11036WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness108 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.55:1
Contrast with white6.55:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2F2F2F
Inverted#68FF31

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0058D3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#0060CBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 57.3 from the original
Tritanopia#904978no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.55:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.21:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 3.1Blue violet · ΔE 9.8Dark orchid · ΔE 13.4Medium blue · ΔE 29.5Medium orchid · ΔE 29.5Fuchsia · ΔE 31.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 3.07, a close match
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#37CE00
Analogous#3000CE, #CE009E
Triadic#CE9700, #00CE97
Split complementary#9ECE00, #00CE30
Tetradic#CE3000, #37CE00, #009ECE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E49BFF
Lighter +30%#D768FF
Lighter +20%#C935FF
Lighter +10%#BB02FF
Darker −10%#72009B
Darker −20%#4C0068
Darker −30%#270035
Darker −40%#010002
More saturated +25%#9700CE
Less saturated −25%#8B1AB4

Channel breakdown

R151
G0
B206
Red151 (59.2%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue206 (80.8%)
Hue283.98°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness40.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 97 · G 00 · B CE

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