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Recognised as Colour

#9900BE

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

#9900BE is a violet with RGB values 153, 0, 190 and HSL 288°, 100%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#9900BE#9900BE
HEX#9900BE
RGBrgb(153, 0, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0, 0.7451
RGB percentages60%, 0%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(288.3, 100%, 37.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(288.3, 100%, 74.5%)
CMYK19.5%, 100%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,027,198
CSS custom property--colour: #9900BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1049WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness105.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.78:1
Contrast with white6.78:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E
Inverted#66FF41

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0053C2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#005FBBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 60.4 from the original
Tritanopia#97406Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.78:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.1:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 9.3Dark violet · ΔE 11.3Blue violet · ΔE 16Medium orchid · ΔE 23.8Dark magenta · ΔE 24.1Purple · ΔE 28.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 9.29, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#25BE00
Analogous#3A00BE, #BE0084
Triadic#BE9900, #00BE99
Split complementary#84BE00, #00BE3A
Tetradic#BE3A00, #25BE00, #0084BE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E88BFF
Lighter +30%#DE58FF
Lighter +20%#D525FF
Lighter +10%#C200F1
Darker −10%#70008B
Darker −20%#470058
Darker −30%#1E0025
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#9900BE
Less saturated −25%#8A18A6

Channel breakdown

R153
G0
B190
Red153 (60%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue288.32°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness37.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G 00 · B BE

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