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Recognised as Colour

#972EDA

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

#972EDA is a violet with RGB values 151, 46, 218 and HSL 277°, 70%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#972EDA#972EDA
HEX#972EDA
RGBrgb(151, 46, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.1804, 0.8549
RGB percentages59.2%, 18%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(276.6, 69.9%, 51.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(276.6, 78.9%, 85.5%)
CMYK30.7%, 78.9%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,907,930
CSS custom property--colour: #972EDA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13595WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness116.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.65:1
Contrast with white5.65:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#515151
Inverted#68D125

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0064DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45 from the original
Deuteranopia#0068D7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.9 from the original
Tritanopia#8C5B85no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.65:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.72:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 7.2Dark orchid · ΔE 8.6Dark violet · ΔE 8.7Medium orchid · ΔE 24.8Medium slateblue · ΔE 29.4Medium blue · ΔE 30.3
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 7.22, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#71DA2E
Analogous#412EDA, #DA2EC7
Triadic#DA972E, #2EDA97
Split complementary#C7DA2E, #2EDA41
Tetradic#DA412E, #71DA2E, #2EC7DA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EDDBF9
Lighter +30%#D8B0F1
Lighter +20%#C285E9
Lighter +10%#AD59E2
Darker −10%#7B20B5
Darker −20%#5E188A
Darker −30%#40115E
Darker −40%#230933
More saturated +25%#9E0FF9
Less saturated −25%#904DBB

Channel breakdown

R151
G46
B218
Red151 (59.2%)
Green46 (18%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue276.63°
Saturation (HSL)69.92%
Lightness51.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 97 · G 2E · B DA

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