Recognised as Colour

#991EFF

#991EFF
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#991EFF is a violet with RGB values 153, 30, 255 and HSL 273°, 100%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#991EFF#991EFF

HEX#991EFF

RGBrgb(153, 30, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.1176, 1

RGB percentages60%, 11.8%, 100%

HSLhsl(272.8, 100%, 55.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(272.8, 88.2%, 100%)

CMYK40%, 88.2%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,034,943

CSS custom property--colour: #991EFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14921WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness122.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.27:1

Contrast with white5.27:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#484848

Inverted#66E100

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#006BFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#006AFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.8 from the original

Tritanopia#816798no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 87.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.98:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 16.1 Dark violet · ΔE 17.1 Medium blue · ΔE 25.7 Blue · ΔE 26 Dark orchid · ΔE 30.3 Fuchsia · ΔE 33.4

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 16.14, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#84FF1E

Analogous#281EFF, #FF1EF5

Triadic#FF991E, #1EFF99

Split complementary#F4FF1E, #1EFF29

Tetradic#FF291E, #84FF1E, #1EF5FF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F5EAFF

Lighter +30%#DEB7FF

Lighter +20%#C784FF

Lighter +10%#B051FF

Darker −10%#8000EA

Darker −20%#6400B7

Darker −30%#480084

Darker −40%#2C0051

More saturated +25%#991EFF

Less saturated −25%#963AE3

Channel breakdown

R153

G30

B255

Red153 (60%)

Green30 (11.8%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue272.8°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness55.88%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 99 · G 1E · B FF

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