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Recognised as Colour

#9803D5

  • #9803D5
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#9803D5 is a violet with RGB values 152, 3, 213 and HSL 283°, 97%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#9803D5#9803D5
HEX#9803D5
RGBrgb(152, 3, 213)
RGB (0–1)0.5961, 0.0118, 0.8353
RGB percentages59.6%, 1.2%, 83.5%
HSLhsl(282.6, 97.2%, 42.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(282.6, 98.6%, 83.5%)
CMYK28.6%, 98.6%, 0%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,962,453
CSS custom property--colour: #9803D5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11545WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness109.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.35:1
Contrast with white6.35:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#323232
Inverted#67FC2A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005ADAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#0061D1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56.7 from the original
Tritanopia#8F4D7Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.35:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.31:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 1.1Blue violet · ΔE 8.6Dark orchid · ΔE 15.6Medium blue · ΔE 28.2Fuchsia · ΔE 30.6Magenta · ΔE 30.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 1.1, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#40D503
Analogous#2F03D5, #D503A9
Triadic#D59803, #03D598
Split complementary#A9D503, #03D52F
Tetradic#D52F03, #40D503, #03A9D5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E4A6FE
Lighter +30%#D574FD
Lighter +20%#C642FC
Lighter +10%#B70FFC
Darker −10%#7402A3
Darker −20%#500270
Darker −30%#2C013E
Darker −40%#08000C
More saturated +25%#9900D8
Less saturated −25%#8D1EBA

Channel breakdown

R152
G3
B213
Red152 (59.6%)
Green3 (1.2%)
Blue213 (83.5%)
Hue282.57°
Saturation (HSL)97.22%
Lightness42.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 98 · G 03 · B D5

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