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Recognised as Colour

#9922FA

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

#9922FA is a violet with RGB values 153, 34, 250 and HSL 273°, 96%, 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

#9922FA#9922FA
HEX#9922FA
RGBrgb(153, 34, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.1333, 0.9804
RGB percentages60%, 13.3%, 98%
HSLhsl(273.1, 95.6%, 55.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.1, 86.4%, 98%)
CMYK38.8%, 86.4%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,035,962
CSS custom property--colour: #9922FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14818WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness121.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.3:1
Contrast with white5.3:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4B4B4B
Inverted#66DD05

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006AFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47 from the original
Deuteranopia#006AF6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.7 from the original
Tritanopia#836596no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 83.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.3:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.96:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 13Dark violet · ΔE 14.3Medium blue · ΔE 25.3Dark orchid · ΔE 27.1Blue · ΔE 28.1Fuchsia · ΔE 32.7
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 13.04, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#83FA22
Analogous#2D22FA, #FA22EF
Triadic#FA9922, #22FA99
Split complementary#EFFA22, #22FA2D
Tetradic#FA2D22, #83FA22, #22EFFA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F5E9FF
Lighter +30%#DEB8FD
Lighter +20%#C786FC
Lighter +10%#B054FB
Darker −10%#8005E4
Darker −20%#6404B2
Darker −30%#480380
Darker −40%#2C024E
More saturated +25%#9A1DFF
Less saturated −25%#963EDE

Channel breakdown

R153
G34
B250
Red153 (60%)
Green34 (13.3%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue273.06°
Saturation (HSL)95.58%
Lightness55.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G 22 · B FA

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