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Recognised as Colour

#990CE7

  • #990CE7
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#990CE7 is a violet with RGB values 153, 12, 231 and HSL 279°, 90%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#990CE7#990CE7
HEX#990CE7
RGBrgb(153, 12, 231)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.0471, 0.9059
RGB percentages60%, 4.7%, 90.6%
HSLhsl(278.6, 90.1%, 47.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(278.6, 94.8%, 90.6%)
CMYK33.8%, 94.8%, 0%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,030,311
CSS custom property--colour: #990CE7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12805WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness114.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.9:1
Contrast with white5.9:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3A3A3A
Inverted#66F318

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0061ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#0065E3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54.9 from the original
Tritanopia#8B5788no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.9:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.56:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 7.9Blue violet · ΔE 9.9Dark orchid · ΔE 22.2Medium blue · ΔE 25.8Fuchsia · ΔE 30.6Magenta · ΔE 30.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 7.94, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5AE70C
Analogous#2C0CE7, #E70CC7
Triadic#E7990C, #0CE799
Split complementary#C7E70C, #0CE72C
Tetradic#E72C0C, #5AE70C, #0CC7E7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E8C3FC
Lighter +30%#D593F9
Lighter +20%#C262F7
Lighter +10%#AF32F4
Darker −10%#7909B7
Darker −20%#590786
Darker −30%#390456
Darker −40%#190225
More saturated +25%#9C00F3
Less saturated −25%#902AC9

Channel breakdown

R153
G12
B231
Red153 (60%)
Green12 (4.7%)
Blue231 (90.6%)
Hue278.63°
Saturation (HSL)90.12%
Lightness47.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G 0C · B E7

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