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Recognised as Colour

#974FFF

  • #974FFF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#974FFF is a violet with RGB values 151, 79, 255 and HSL 265°, 100%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#974FFF#974FFF
HEX#974FFF
RGBrgb(151, 79, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.3098, 1
RGB percentages59.2%, 31%, 100%
HSLhsl(264.5, 100%, 65.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(264.5, 69%, 100%)
CMYK40.8%, 69%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,916,415
CSS custom property--colour: #974FFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19391WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness133.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.88:1
Contrast with white4.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.88:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6B6B6B
Inverted#68B000

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#007AFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#0078FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.1 from the original
Tritanopia#7D7AA2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 77.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.3:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 10.7Dark violet · ΔE 17.8Dark orchid · ΔE 18.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 25.6Medium orchid · ΔE 29.5Medium blue · ΔE 30.4
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 10.73, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B7FF4F
Analogous#4F5FFF, #EF4FFF
Triadic#FF974F, #4FFF97
Split complementary#FFEF4F, #5FFF4F
Tetradic#FF4F5F, #B7FF4F, #4FFFEF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F1E8FF
Lighter +20%#D3B5FF
Lighter +10%#B582FF
Darker −10%#791CFF
Darker −20%#5F00E8
Darker −30%#4A00B5
Darker −40%#350082
More saturated +25%#974FFF
Less saturated −25%#9B65E9

Channel breakdown

R151
G79
B255
Red151 (59.2%)
Green79 (31%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue264.55°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness65.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 97 · G 4F · B FF

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