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Recognised as Colour

#980AFF

  • #980AFF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#980AFF is a violet with RGB values 152, 10, 255 and HSL 275°, 100%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#980AFF#980AFF
HEX#980AFF
RGBrgb(152, 10, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5961, 0.0392, 1
RGB percentages59.6%, 3.9%, 100%
HSLhsl(274.8, 100%, 52%)
HSV / HSBhsv(274.8, 96.1%, 100%)
CMYK40.4%, 96.1%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,964,287
CSS custom property--colour: #980AFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14112WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness119.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.49:1
Contrast with white5.49:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3A3A3A
Inverted#67F500

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0068FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#0068FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.6 from the original
Tritanopia#806397no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 88.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.49:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.82:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 19.3Dark violet · ΔE 19.4Blue · ΔE 24.3Medium blue · ΔE 26.2Dark orchid · ΔE 33.4Fuchsia · ΔE 34
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 19.3, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#71FF0A
Analogous#1E0AFF, #FF0AEB
Triadic#FF980A, #0AFF98
Split complementary#ECFF0A, #0AFF1D
Tetradic#FF1D0A, #71FF0A, #0AEBFF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EED6FF
Lighter +30%#D8A3FF
Lighter +20%#C370FF
Lighter +10%#AD3DFF
Darker −10%#7C00D6
Darker −20%#5E00A3
Darker −30%#410070
Darker −40%#23003D
More saturated +25%#980AFF
Less saturated −25%#9329E0

Channel breakdown

R152
G10
B255
Red152 (59.6%)
Green10 (3.9%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue274.78°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness51.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 98 · G 0A · B FF

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