Recognised as Colour

#981BF9

#981BF9
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#981BF9 is a violet with RGB values 152, 27, 249 and HSL 274°, 95%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

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HEX#981BF9

RGBrgb(152, 27, 249)

RGB (0–1)0.5961, 0.1059, 0.9765

RGB percentages59.6%, 10.6%, 97.6%

HSLhsl(273.8, 94.9%, 54.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(273.8, 89.2%, 97.6%)

CMYK39%, 89.2%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,968,633

CSS custom property--colour: #981BF9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14299WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness120 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.44:1

Contrast with white5.44:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#464646

Inverted#67E406

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0068FEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#0069F5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.7 from the original

Tritanopia#826394no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 85 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.86:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 14.2 Dark violet · ΔE 14.8 Medium blue · ΔE 25.1 Blue · ΔE 27.2 Dark orchid · ΔE 28.2 Fuchsia · ΔE 32.8

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 14.17, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7CF91B

Analogous#291BF9, #F91BEB

Triadic#F9981B, #1BF998

Split complementary#EBF91B, #1BF929

Tetradic#F9291B, #7CF91B, #1BEBF9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F2E2FE

Lighter +30%#DBB0FD

Lighter +20%#C57EFC

Lighter +10%#AE4DFA

Darker −10%#7E06DB

Darker −20%#6104AA

Darker −30%#450378

Darker −40%#280246

More saturated +25%#9915FF

Less saturated −25%#9438DC

Channel breakdown

R152

G27

B249

Red152 (59.6%)

Green27 (10.6%)

Blue249 (97.6%)

Hue273.78°

Saturation (HSL)94.87%

Lightness54.12%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 98 · G 1B · B F9

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