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Recognised as Colour

#9900BA

  • #9900BA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#9900BA is a violet with RGB values 153, 0, 186 and HSL 289°, 100%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#9900BA#9900BA
HEX#9900BA
RGBrgb(153, 0, 186)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0, 0.7294
RGB percentages60%, 0%, 72.9%
HSLhsl(289.4, 100%, 36.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(289.4, 100%, 72.9%)
CMYK17.7%, 100%, 0%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,027,194
CSS custom property--colour: #9900BA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10317WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness104.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.85:1
Contrast with white6.85:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E
Inverted#66FF45

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0052BEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#105EB7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 60 from the original
Tritanopia#983E6Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.85:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.06:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 9.2Dark violet · ΔE 13.3Blue violet · ΔE 17.7Dark magenta · ΔE 22.1Medium orchid · ΔE 22.7Purple · ΔE 26.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 9.18, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#21BA00
Analogous#3C00BA, #BA007E
Triadic#BA9900, #00BA99
Split complementary#7EBA00, #00BA3C
Tetradic#BA3C00, #21BA00, #007EBA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EA87FF
Lighter +30%#E154FF
Lighter +20%#D821FF
Lighter +10%#C300ED
Darker −10%#6F0087
Darker −20%#450054
Darker −30%#1B0021
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#9900BA
Less saturated −25%#8A17A3

Channel breakdown

R153
G0
B186
Red153 (60%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue186 (72.9%)
Hue289.35°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness36.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G 00 · B BA

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