Recognised as Colour

#980EDB

#980EDB
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark violet

#980EDB is a violet with RGB values 152, 14, 219 and HSL 280°, 88%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#980EDB#980EDB

HEX#980EDB

RGBrgb(152, 14, 219)

RGB (0–1)0.5961, 0.0549, 0.8588

RGB percentages59.6%, 5.5%, 85.9%

HSLhsl(280.4, 88%, 45.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(280.4, 93.6%, 85.9%)

CMYK30.6%, 93.6%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,965,275

CSS custom property--colour: #980EDB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12104WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness111.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.14:1

Contrast with white6.14:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3A3A3A

Inverted#67F124

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#005DE0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#0063D7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.6 from the original

Tritanopia#8D5281no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.42:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 2.5 Blue violet · ΔE 7.5 Dark orchid · ΔE 16.8 Medium blue · ΔE 27.2 Fuchsia · ΔE 30.7 Magenta · ΔE 30.7

Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 2.48, a close match

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#51DB0E

Analogous#310EDB, #DB0EB8

Triadic#DB980E, #0EDB98

Split complementary#B8DB0E, #0EDB31

Tetradic#DB310E, #51DB0E, #0EB8DB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#E6BAFB

Lighter +30%#D48AF8

Lighter +20%#C25BF4

Lighter +10%#B02BF1

Darker −10%#770BAB

Darker −20%#55087B

Darker −30%#34054B

Darker −40%#13021B

More saturated +25%#9D00E9

Less saturated −25%#8E2BBE

Channel breakdown

R152

G14

B219

Red152 (59.6%)

Green14 (5.5%)

Blue219 (85.9%)

Hue280.39°

Saturation (HSL)87.98%

Lightness45.69%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 98 · G 0E · B DB

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