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Recognised as Colour

#9900CB

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

#9900CB is a violet with RGB values 153, 0, 203 and HSL 285°, 100%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#9900CB#9900CB
HEX#9900CB
RGBrgb(153, 0, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0, 0.7961
RGB percentages60%, 0%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(285.2, 100%, 39.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(285.2, 100%, 79.6%)
CMYK24.6%, 100%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,027,211
CSS custom property--colour: #9900CB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11084WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness108.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.53:1
Contrast with white6.53:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2F2F2F
Inverted#66FF34

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0057CFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#0060C8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 58.2 from the original
Tritanopia#934777no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 64.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.53:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.22:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 5Blue violet · ΔE 11.1Dark orchid · ΔE 12.2Medium orchid · ΔE 28.1Dark magenta · ΔE 30.5Fuchsia · ΔE 31.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 4.98, a close match
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#32CB00
Analogous#3400CB, #CB0097
Triadic#CB9900, #00CB99
Split complementary#97CB00, #00CB34
Tetradic#CB3400, #32CB00, #0097CB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E698FF
Lighter +30%#D965FF
Lighter +20%#CD32FF
Lighter +10%#BF00FE
Darker −10%#730098
Darker −20%#4C0065
Darker −30%#260032
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#9900CB
Less saturated −25%#8C19B2

Channel breakdown

R153
G0
B203
Red153 (60%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue285.22°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness39.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G 00 · B CB

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