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Recognised as Colour

#9901EF

  • #9901EF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#9901EF is a violet with RGB values 153, 1, 239 and HSL 278°, 99%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#9901EF#9901EF
HEX#9901EF
RGBrgb(153, 1, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.0039, 0.9373
RGB percentages60%, 0.4%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(278.3, 99.2%, 47.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(278.3, 99.6%, 93.7%)
CMYK36%, 99.6%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,027,503
CSS custom property--colour: #9901EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13026WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness116.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.82:1
Contrast with white5.82:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#323232
Inverted#66FE10

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0062F4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#0065EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54.5 from the original
Tritanopia#885A8Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 81.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.82:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.61:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 12.6Blue violet · ΔE 13.8Medium blue · ΔE 25.5Dark orchid · ΔE 26.9Blue · ΔE 28.9Fuchsia · ΔE 31.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 12.56, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#57EF01
Analogous#2201EF, #EF01CE
Triadic#EF9901, #01EF99
Split complementary#CEEF01, #01EF22
Tetradic#EF2201, #57EF01, #01CEEF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E7BDFF
Lighter +30%#D58AFF
Lighter +20%#C258FE
Lighter +10%#B025FE
Darker −10%#7801BC
Darker −20%#580189
Darker −30%#370057
Darker −40%#170024
More saturated +25%#9900F0
Less saturated −25%#911FD1

Channel breakdown

R153
G1
B239
Red153 (60%)
Green1 (0.4%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue278.32°
Saturation (HSL)99.17%
Lightness47.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G 01 · B EF

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