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Colour

#9922EE

  • #9922EE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#9922EE is a violet with RGB values 153, 34, 238 and HSL 275°, 86%, 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

#9922EE#9922EE
HEX#9922EE
HEX (short)#92E
RGBrgb(153, 34, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.1333, 0.9333
RGB percentages60%, 13.3%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(275, 85.7%, 53.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(275, 85.7%, 93.3%)
CMYK35.7%, 85.7%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,035,950
CSS custom property--colour: #9922EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14089WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness118.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.5:1
Contrast with white5.5:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4A4A4A
Inverted#66DD11

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0066F3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#0069EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.2 from the original
Tritanopia#88608Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.5:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.82:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 8.1Dark violet · ΔE 9Dark orchid · ΔE 21.4Medium blue · ΔE 25.6Fuchsia · ΔE 31.6Magenta · ΔE 31.6
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 8.09, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#77EE22
Analogous#3322EE, #EE22DD
Triadic#EE9922, #22EE99
Split complementary#DDEE22, #22EE33
Tetradic#EE3322, #77EE22, #22DDEE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F0DFFD
Lighter +30%#DBB0F9
Lighter +20%#C581F5
Lighter +10%#AF51F2
Darker −10%#7E10CD
Darker −20%#610C9E
Darker −30%#44086F
Darker −40%#27053F
More saturated +25%#9C11FF
Less saturated −25%#9440D0

Channel breakdown

R153
G34
B238
Red153 (60%)
Green34 (13.3%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue275°
Saturation (HSL)85.71%
Lightness53.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G 22 · B EE

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