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Recognised as Colour

#986BFD

  • #986BFD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium slateblue

#986BFD is a violet with RGB values 152, 107, 253 and HSL 258°, 97%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#986BFD#986BFD
HEX#986BFD
RGBrgb(152, 107, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.5961, 0.4196, 0.9922
RGB percentages59.6%, 42%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(258.5, 97.3%, 70.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(258.5, 57.7%, 99.2%)
CMYK39.9%, 57.7%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,989,117
CSS custom property--colour: #986BFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24283WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness144.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.86:1
Contrast with white3.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.86:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7F7F7F
Inverted#679402

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0489FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#2485FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.5 from the original
Tritanopia#7E8BAAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 68 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.59:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 9.6Slate blue · ΔE 19.7Medium purple · ΔE 21.1Dark orchid · ΔE 21.3Medium orchid · ΔE 21.8Royal blue · ΔE 24.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 9.62, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D0FD6B
Analogous#6B87FD, #E16BFD
Triadic#FD986B, #6BFD98
Split complementary#FDE16B, #87FD6B
Tetradic#FD6B87, #D0FD6B, #6BFDE1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DED0FE
Lighter +10%#BB9DFE
Darker −10%#7539FC
Darker −20%#5206FC
Darker −30%#4103CC
Darker −40%#31029A
More saturated +25%#9769FF
Less saturated −25%#9F7EEA

Channel breakdown

R152
G107
B253
Red152 (59.6%)
Green107 (42%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue258.49°
Saturation (HSL)97.33%
Lightness70.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 98 · G 6B · B FD

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