Colour

#9911DD

#9911DD
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark violet

#9911DD is a violet with RGB values 153, 17, 221 and HSL 280°, 86%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#9911DD#9911DD

HEX#9911DD

HEX (short)#91D

RGBrgb(153, 17, 221)

RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.0667, 0.8667

RGB percentages60%, 6.7%, 86.7%

HSLhsl(280, 85.7%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(280, 92.3%, 86.7%)

CMYK30.8%, 92.3%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,031,581

CSS custom property--colour: #9911DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12394WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness112.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.04:1

Contrast with white6.04:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3D3D3D

Inverted#66EE22

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#005EE2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#0064D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.5 from the original

Tritanopia#8E5383no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.48:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 3.1 Blue violet · ΔE 7.4 Dark orchid · ΔE 17.1 Medium blue · ΔE 27.3 Fuchsia · ΔE 30.5 Magenta · ΔE 30.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 3.09, a close match

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#55DD11

Analogous#3311DD, #DD11BB

Triadic#DD9911, #11DD99

Split complementary#BBDD11, #11DD33

Tetradic#DD3311, #55DD11, #11BBDD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E7C0FA

Lighter +30%#D590F7

Lighter +20%#C261F3

Lighter +10%#B032EF

Darker −10%#780DAE

Darker −20%#570A7E

Darker −30%#37064F

Darker −40%#160220

More saturated +25%#9F00EE

Less saturated −25%#8F2FBF

Channel breakdown

R153

G17

B221

Red153 (60%)

Green17 (6.7%)

Blue221 (86.7%)

Hue280°

Saturation (HSL)85.71%

Lightness46.67%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 99 · G 11 · B DD

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