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Recognised as Colour

#970BE4

  • #970BE4
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#970BE4 is a violet with RGB values 151, 11, 228 and HSL 279°, 91%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#970BE4#970BE4
HEX#970BE4
RGBrgb(151, 11, 228)
RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.0431, 0.8941
RGB percentages59.2%, 4.3%, 89.4%
HSLhsl(278.7, 90.8%, 46.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(278.7, 95.2%, 89.4%)
CMYK33.8%, 95.2%, 0%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,898,980
CSS custom property--colour: #970BE4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1242WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness113.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.03:1
Contrast with white6.03:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#383838
Inverted#68F41B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005FE9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#0063E0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54 from the original
Tritanopia#895686no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.03:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.48:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 6.8Blue violet · ΔE 9Dark orchid · ΔE 21.2Medium blue · ΔE 25.5Fuchsia · ΔE 31Magenta · ΔE 31
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 6.84, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#58E40B
Analogous#2B0BE4, #E40BC4
Triadic#E4970B, #0BE497
Split complementary#C4E40B, #0BE42B
Tetradic#E42B0B, #58E40B, #0BC4E4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E6BFFC
Lighter +30%#D48EFA
Lighter +20%#C15EF7
Lighter +10%#AE2DF5
Darker −10%#7709B3
Darker −20%#570683
Darker −30%#360452
Darker −40%#160221
More saturated +25%#9A00EF
Less saturated −25%#8E29C6

Channel breakdown

R151
G11
B228
Red151 (59.2%)
Green11 (4.3%)
Blue228 (89.4%)
Hue278.71°
Saturation (HSL)90.79%
Lightness46.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 97 · G 0B · B E4

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