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Recognised as Colour

#972BDA

  • #972BDA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#972BDA is a violet with RGB values 151, 43, 218 and HSL 277°, 70%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#972BDA#972BDA
HEX#972BDA
RGBrgb(151, 43, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.1686, 0.8549
RGB percentages59.2%, 16.9%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(277, 70.3%, 51.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(277, 80.3%, 85.5%)
CMYK30.7%, 80.3%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,907,162
CSS custom property--colour: #972BDA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13369WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness115.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.72:1
Contrast with white5.72:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4F4F4F
Inverted#68D425

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0063DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#0067D7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.2 from the original
Tritanopia#8C5A84no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 68.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.72:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.67:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 6.6Dark violet · ΔE 7.6Dark orchid · ΔE 9.5Medium orchid · ΔE 25.8Medium blue · ΔE 29.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 30.4
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 6.59, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6EDA2B
Analogous#402BDA, #DA2BC5
Triadic#DA972B, #2BDA97
Split complementary#C5DA2B, #2BDA40
Tetradic#DA402B, #6EDA2B, #2BC5DA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ECD9F8
Lighter +30%#D7ADF1
Lighter +20%#C282E9
Lighter +10%#AC56E2
Darker −10%#7A1FB3
Darker −20%#5D1887
Darker −30%#3F105C
Darker −40%#210831
More saturated +25%#9E0CF9
Less saturated −25%#904ABB

Channel breakdown

R151
G43
B218
Red151 (59.2%)
Green43 (16.9%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue277.03°
Saturation (HSL)70.28%
Lightness51.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 97 · G 2B · B DA

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