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Recognised as Colour

#9918BC

  • #9918BC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#9918BC is a violet with RGB values 153, 24, 188 and HSL 287°, 77%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#9918BC#9918BC
HEX#9918BC
RGBrgb(153, 24, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.0941, 0.7373
RGB percentages60%, 9.4%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(287.2, 77.4%, 41.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(287.2, 87.2%, 73.7%)
CMYK18.6%, 87.2%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,033,340
CSS custom property--colour: #9918BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11056WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness106.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.54:1
Contrast with white6.54:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3F3F3F
Inverted#66E743

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0056C0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#1A61B9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 57.6 from the original
Tritanopia#974470no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.54:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.21:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 6.6Dark violet · ΔE 15.2Blue violet · ΔE 18.2Medium orchid · ΔE 19.8Dark magenta · ΔE 20.6Purple · ΔE 24.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 6.61, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3BBC18
Analogous#4718BC, #BC188D
Triadic#BC9918, #18BC99
Split complementary#8DBC18, #18BC47
Tetradic#BC4718, #3BBC18, #188DBC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E5ACF4
Lighter +30%#D77EEF
Lighter +20%#C851E9
Lighter +10%#BA24E3
Darker −10%#74128F
Darker −20%#4F0C62
Darker −30%#2B0734
Darker −40%#060107
More saturated +25%#A700D4
Less saturated −25%#8A33A2

Channel breakdown

R153
G24
B188
Red153 (60%)
Green24 (9.4%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue287.2°
Saturation (HSL)77.36%
Lightness41.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G 18 · B BC

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