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Recognised as Colour

#971BC0

  • #971BC0
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#971BC0 is a violet with RGB values 151, 27, 192 and HSL 285°, 75%, 43%. 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 orchid.

Colour values

#971BC0#971BC0
HEX#971BC0
RGBrgb(151, 27, 192)
RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.1059, 0.7529
RGB percentages59.2%, 10.6%, 75.3%
HSLhsl(285.1, 75.3%, 42.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(285.1, 85.9%, 75.3%)
CMYK21.4%, 85.9%, 0%, 24.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,903,040
CSS custom property--colour: #971BC0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11169WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness107 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.49:1
Contrast with white6.49:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#414141
Inverted#68E43F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0057C4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#0A61BDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56.6 from the original
Tritanopia#934772no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.49:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.23:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 5.6Dark violet · ΔE 13.5Blue violet · ΔE 16.1Medium orchid · ΔE 20.6Dark magenta · ΔE 22.4Purple · ΔE 26.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 5.56, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#44C01B
Analogous#451BC0, #C01B96
Triadic#C0971B, #1BC097
Split complementary#96C01B, #1BC045
Tetradic#C0451B, #44C01B, #1B96C0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E4B3F4
Lighter +30%#D486EE
Lighter +20%#C459E8
Lighter +10%#B42DE1
Darker −10%#741593
Darker −20%#510E67
Darker −30%#2E083A
Darker −40%#0A020D
More saturated +25%#A500DB
Less saturated −25%#8936A5

Channel breakdown

R151
G27
B192
Red151 (59.2%)
Green27 (10.6%)
Blue192 (75.3%)
Hue285.09°
Saturation (HSL)75.34%
Lightness42.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 97 · G 1B · B C0

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