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Recognised as Colour

#9900C6

  • #9900C6
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#9900C6 is a violet with RGB values 153, 0, 198 and HSL 286°, 100%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#9900C6#9900C6
HEX#9900C6
RGBrgb(153, 0, 198)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0, 0.7765
RGB percentages60%, 0%, 77.6%
HSLhsl(286.4, 100%, 38.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(286.4, 100%, 77.6%)
CMYK22.7%, 100%, 0%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,027,206
CSS custom property--colour: #9900C6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1085WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness107.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.62:1
Contrast with white6.62:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2F2F2F
Inverted#66FF39

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0056CAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#0060C3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 59.3 from the original
Tritanopia#954474no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 62.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.62:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.17:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 7.4Dark orchid · ΔE 10.7Blue violet · ΔE 12.8Medium orchid · ΔE 26.4Dark magenta · ΔE 28.1Indigo · ΔE 31.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 7.39, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2DC600
Analogous#3600C6, #C60090
Triadic#C69900, #00C699
Split complementary#90C600, #00C636
Tetradic#C63600, #2DC600, #0090C6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E693FF
Lighter +30%#DB60FF
Lighter +20%#CF2DFF
Lighter +10%#C000F9
Darker −10%#720093
Darker −20%#4A0060
Darker −30%#23002D
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#9900C6
Less saturated −25%#8B19AD

Channel breakdown

R153
G0
B198
Red153 (60%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue198 (77.6%)
Hue286.36°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness38.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G 00 · B C6

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