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Recognised as Colour

#990EFE

  • #990EFE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#990EFE is a violet with RGB values 153, 14, 254 and HSL 275°, 99%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#990EFE#990EFE
HEX#990EFE
RGBrgb(153, 14, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.0549, 0.9961
RGB percentages60%, 5.5%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(274.8, 99.2%, 52.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(274.8, 94.5%, 99.6%)
CMYK39.8%, 94.5%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,030,846
CSS custom property--colour: #990EFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14242WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness120.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.46:1
Contrast with white5.46:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3D3D3D
Inverted#66F101

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0068FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#0068FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.3 from the original
Tritanopia#826396no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 88.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.46:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.85:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 18.4Dark violet · ΔE 18.5Blue · ΔE 25Medium blue · ΔE 26.1Dark orchid · ΔE 32.4Fuchsia · ΔE 33.5
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 18.37, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#73FE0E
Analogous#210EFE, #FE0EEB
Triadic#FE990E, #0EFE99
Split complementary#EBFE0E, #0EFE21
Tetradic#FE210E, #73FE0E, #0EEBFE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFD9FF
Lighter +30%#D9A6FF
Lighter +20%#C474FE
Lighter +10%#AE41FE
Darker −10%#7E01D8
Darker −20%#6001A5
Darker −30%#430073
Darker −40%#250040
More saturated +25%#990DFF
Less saturated −25%#942CE0

Channel breakdown

R153
G14
B254
Red153 (60%)
Green14 (5.5%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue274.75°
Saturation (HSL)99.17%
Lightness52.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G 0E · B FE

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