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Recognised as Colour

#981EEC

  • #981EEC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#981EEC is a violet with RGB values 152, 30, 236 and HSL 276°, 84%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#981EEC#981EEC
HEX#981EEC
RGBrgb(152, 30, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.5961, 0.1176, 0.9255
RGB percentages59.6%, 11.8%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(275.5, 84.4%, 52.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(275.5, 87.3%, 92.5%)
CMYK35.6%, 87.3%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,969,388
CSS custom property--colour: #981EEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1366WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness117.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.63:1
Contrast with white5.63:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#474747
Inverted#67E113

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0065F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47 from the original
Deuteranopia#0067E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.1 from the original
Tritanopia#875E8Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.63:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.73:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 8.3Dark violet · ΔE 8.6Dark orchid · ΔE 21.5Medium blue · ΔE 25.4Fuchsia · ΔE 31.6Magenta · ΔE 31.6
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 8.25, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#72EC1E
Analogous#311EEC, #EC1ED9
Triadic#EC981E, #1EEC98
Split complementary#D9EC1E, #1EEC31
Tetradic#EC311E, #72EC1E, #1ED9EC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EEDAFC
Lighter +30%#D9ABF8
Lighter +20%#C37CF4
Lighter +10%#AE4DF0
Darker −10%#7C11C6
Darker −20%#5F0D97
Darker −30%#410968
Darker −40%#240539
More saturated +25%#9C0BFF
Less saturated −25%#923DCE

Channel breakdown

R152
G30
B236
Red152 (59.6%)
Green30 (11.8%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue275.53°
Saturation (HSL)84.43%
Lightness52.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 98 · G 1E · B EC

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