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Recognised as Colour

#971DFF

  • #971DFF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#971DFF is a violet with RGB values 151, 29, 255 and HSL 272°, 100%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#971DFF#971DFF
HEX#971DFF
RGBrgb(151, 29, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.1137, 1
RGB percentages59.2%, 11.4%, 100%
HSLhsl(272.4, 100%, 55.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(272.4, 88.6%, 100%)
CMYK40.8%, 88.6%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,903,615
CSS custom property--colour: #971DFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14678WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness121.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.34:1
Contrast with white5.34:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#474747
Inverted#68E200

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006AFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#0069FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.2 from the original
Tritanopia#7E6798no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 88.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.34:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.94:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 16.4Dark violet · ΔE 17.5Medium blue · ΔE 25.3Blue · ΔE 25.4Dark orchid · ΔE 30.7Fuchsia · ΔE 34
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 16.44, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#85FF1D
Analogous#261DFF, #FF1DF6
Triadic#FF971D, #1DFF97
Split complementary#F6FF1D, #1DFF26
Tetradic#FF261D, #85FF1D, #1DF6FF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F5E9FF
Lighter +30%#DDB6FF
Lighter +20%#C683FF
Lighter +10%#AE50FF
Darker −10%#7E00E9
Darker −20%#6200B6
Darker −30%#470083
Darker −40%#2B0050
More saturated +25%#971DFF
Less saturated −25%#9539E3

Channel breakdown

R151
G29
B255
Red151 (59.2%)
Green29 (11.4%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue272.39°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness55.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 97 · G 1D · B FF

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