Colour

#970FD8

#970FD8
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark violet

#970FD8 is a violet with RGB values 151, 15, 216 and HSL 281°, 87%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#970FD8#970FD8

HEX#970FD8

RGBrgb(151, 15, 216)

RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.0588, 0.8471

RGB percentages59.2%, 5.9%, 84.7%

HSLhsl(280.6, 87%, 45.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(280.6, 93.1%, 84.7%)

CMYK30.1%, 93.1%, 0%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,899,992

CSS custom property--colour: #970FD8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11879WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness110.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.22:1

Contrast with white6.22:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3A3A3A

Inverted#68F027

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#005CDDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#0062D4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.2 from the original

Tritanopia#8D517Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 70.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.38:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 1.6 Blue violet · ΔE 7.3 Dark orchid · ΔE 15.4 Medium blue · ΔE 27.6 Fuchsia · ΔE 31.1 Magenta · ΔE 31.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 1.57, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#50D80F

Analogous#320FD8, #D80FB5

Triadic#D8970F, #0FD897

Split complementary#B5D80F, #0FD832

Tetradic#D8320F, #50D80F, #0FB5D8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E5B9FA

Lighter +30%#D389F7

Lighter +20%#C259F4

Lighter +10%#B02AF0

Darker −10%#760CA8

Darker −20%#540879

Darker −30%#330549

Darker −40%#120219

More saturated +25%#9C00E7

Less saturated −25%#8D2CBB

Channel breakdown

R151

G15

B216

Red151 (59.2%)

Green15 (5.9%)

Blue216 (84.7%)

Hue280.6°

Saturation (HSL)87.01%

Lightness45.29%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 97 · G 0F · B D8

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