Recognised as Colour

#9701FE

#9701FE
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark violet

#9701FE is a violet with RGB values 151, 1, 254 and HSL 276°, 99%, 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 violet.

Colour values

#9701FE#9701FE

HEX#9701FE

RGBrgb(151, 1, 254)

RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.0039, 0.9961

RGB percentages59.2%, 0.4%, 99.6%

HSLhsl(275.6, 99.2%, 50%)

HSV / HSBhsv(275.6, 99.6%, 99.6%)

CMYK40.6%, 99.6%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,896,446

CSS custom property--colour: #9701FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13757WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness119.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.6:1

Contrast with white5.6:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#333333

Inverted#68FE01

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0066FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#0066FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.2 from the original

Tritanopia#7F6296no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 89.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.75:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 19.8 Blue violet · ΔE 19.9 Blue · ΔE 23.9 Medium blue · ΔE 26.1 Dark orchid · ΔE 33.9 Fuchsia · ΔE 34.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 19.79, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#68FE01

Analogous#1901FE, #FE01E6

Triadic#FE9701, #01FE97

Split complementary#E7FE01, #01FE18

Tetradic#FE1801, #68FE01, #01E7FE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EACCFF

Lighter +30%#D599FF

Lighter +20%#C167FE

Lighter +10%#AC34FE

Darker −10%#7901CB

Darker −20%#5B0198

Darker −30%#3C0066

Darker −40%#1E0033

More saturated +25%#9700FF

Less saturated −25%#9121DE

Channel breakdown

R151

B254

Red151 (59.2%)

Green1 (0.4%)

Blue254 (99.6%)

Hue275.57°

Saturation (HSL)99.22%

Lightness50%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 97 · G 01 · B FE

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