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Recognised as Colour

#9803FF

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

#9803FF is a violet with RGB values 152, 3, 255 and HSL 275°, 100%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#9803FF#9803FF
HEX#9803FF
RGBrgb(152, 3, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5961, 0.0118, 1
RGB percentages59.6%, 1.2%, 100%
HSLhsl(275.5, 100%, 50.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(275.5, 98.8%, 100%)
CMYK40.4%, 98.8%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,962,495
CSS custom property--colour: #9803FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13961WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness119.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.54:1
Contrast with white5.54:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#353535
Inverted#67FC00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0067FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#0067FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.6 from the original
Tritanopia#806396no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 90.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.54:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.79:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 20Blue violet · ΔE 20Blue · ΔE 24Medium blue · ΔE 26.4Dark orchid · ΔE 34Fuchsia · ΔE 34.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 19.96, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6AFF03
Analogous#1A03FF, #FF03E8
Triadic#FF9803, #03FF98
Split complementary#E8FF03, #03FF1A
Tetradic#FF1A03, #6AFF03, #03E8FF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EBCFFF
Lighter +30%#D79CFF
Lighter +20%#C269FF
Lighter +10%#AD36FF
Darker −10%#7A00CF
Darker −20%#5C009C
Darker −30%#3E0069
Darker −40%#200036
More saturated +25%#9803FF
Less saturated −25%#9222E0

Channel breakdown

R152
G3
B255
Red152 (59.6%)
Green3 (1.2%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue275.48°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness50.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 98 · G 03 · B FF

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