Recognised as Colour

#971EB9

#971EB9
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark orchid

#971EB9 is a violet with RGB values 151, 30, 185 and HSL 287°, 72%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

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HEX#971EB9

RGBrgb(151, 30, 185)

RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.1176, 0.7255

RGB percentages59.2%, 11.8%, 72.5%

HSLhsl(286.8, 72.1%, 42.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(286.8, 83.8%, 72.5%)

CMYK18.4%, 83.8%, 0%, 27.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,903,801

CSS custom property--colour: #971EB9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11011WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness106.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.56:1

Contrast with white6.56:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#434343

Inverted#68E146

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0056BDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#2061B6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56 from the original

Tritanopia#95456Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.2:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 6.6 Dark violet · ΔE 17.7 Medium orchid · ΔE 18 Dark magenta · ΔE 18.4 Blue violet · ΔE 20 Purple · ΔE 22.7

Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 6.58, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#40B91E

Analogous#491EB9, #B91E8E

Triadic#B9971E, #1EB997

Split complementary#8EB91E, #1EB949

Tetradic#B9491E, #40B91E, #1E8EB9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E4B1F2

Lighter +30%#D585EB

Lighter +20%#C659E4

Lighter +10%#B62DDD

Darker −10%#73178D

Darker −20%#4F1061

Darker −30%#2C0935

Darker −40%#080209

More saturated +25%#A603D4

Less saturated −25%#88399E

Channel breakdown

R151

G30

B185

Red151 (59.2%)

Green30 (11.8%)

Blue185 (72.5%)

Hue286.84°

Saturation (HSL)72.09%

Lightness42.16%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 97 · G 1E · B B9

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