Recognised as Colour

#9905EE

#9905EE
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark violet

#9905EE is a violet with RGB values 153, 5, 238 and HSL 278°, 96%, 48%. 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

#9905EE#9905EE

HEX#9905EE

RGBrgb(153, 5, 238)

RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.0196, 0.9333

RGB percentages60%, 2%, 93.3%

HSLhsl(278.1, 95.9%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(278.1, 97.9%, 93.3%)

CMYK35.7%, 97.9%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,028,526

CSS custom property--colour: #9905EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13054WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness116.1 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#353535

Inverted#66FA11

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0062F3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#0065EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54.2 from the original

Tritanopia#885A8Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 80.8 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 11.8 Blue violet · ΔE 13 Medium blue · ΔE 25.4 Dark orchid · ΔE 26.1 Blue · ΔE 29.5 Fuchsia · ΔE 31.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 11.77, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#5AEE05

Analogous#2405EE, #EE05CF

Triadic#EE9905, #05EE99

Split complementary#CFEE05, #05EE24

Tetradic#EE2405, #5AEE05, #05CFEE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#E8C1FE

Lighter +30%#D58FFD

Lighter +20%#C25DFC

Lighter +10%#AF2BFB

Darker −10%#7904BC

Darker −20%#59038A

Darker −30%#390258

Darker −40%#190126

More saturated +25%#9A00F3

Less saturated −25%#9123D0

Channel breakdown

R153

B238

Red153 (60%)

Green5 (2%)

Blue238 (93.3%)

Hue278.11°

Saturation (HSL)95.88%

Lightness47.65%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 99 · G 05 · B EE

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