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Recognised as Colour

#9904FF

  • #9904FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#9904FF is a violet with RGB values 153, 4, 255 and HSL 276°, 100%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#9904FF#9904FF
HEX#9904FF
RGBrgb(153, 4, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.0157, 1
RGB percentages60%, 1.6%, 100%
HSLhsl(275.6, 100%, 50.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(275.6, 98.4%, 100%)
CMYK40%, 98.4%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,028,287
CSS custom property--colour: #9904FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14079WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness120.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.5:1
Contrast with white5.5:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#363636
Inverted#66FB00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0067FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#0068FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.2 from the original
Tritanopia#816396no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 89.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.5:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.82:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 19.7Blue violet · ΔE 19.8Blue · ΔE 24.3Medium blue · ΔE 26.6Dark orchid · ΔE 33.8Fuchsia · ΔE 33.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 19.75, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6AFF04
Analogous#1B04FF, #FF04E8
Triadic#FF9904, #04FF99
Split complementary#E7FF04, #04FF1C
Tetradic#FF1C04, #6AFF04, #04E8FF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ECD0FF
Lighter +30%#D79DFF
Lighter +20%#C26AFF
Lighter +10%#AE37FF
Darker −10%#7B00D0
Darker −20%#5D009D
Darker −30%#3F006A
Darker −40%#210037
More saturated +25%#9904FF
Less saturated −25%#9323E0

Channel breakdown

R153
G4
B255
Red153 (60%)
Green4 (1.6%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue275.62°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness50.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G 04 · B FF

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