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Recognised as Colour

#9929DB

  • #9929DB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#9929DB is a violet with RGB values 153, 41, 219 and HSL 278°, 71%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#9929DB#9929DB
HEX#9929DB
RGBrgb(153, 41, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.1608, 0.8588
RGB percentages60%, 16.1%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(277.8, 71.2%, 51%)
HSV / HSBhsv(277.8, 81.3%, 85.9%)
CMYK30.1%, 81.3%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,037,723
CSS custom property--colour: #9929DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13473WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness116 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.68:1
Contrast with white5.68:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4E4E4E
Inverted#66D624

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0063E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46 from the original
Deuteranopia#0068D8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.7 from the original
Tritanopia#8E5984no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 68.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.68:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.69:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 6.4Dark violet · ΔE 6.7Dark orchid · ΔE 10.4Medium orchid · ΔE 26.4Medium blue · ΔE 29.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 31.5
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 6.45, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6BDB29
Analogous#4029DB, #DB29C4
Triadic#DB9929, #29DB99
Split complementary#C4DB29, #29DB40
Tetradic#DB4029, #6BDB29, #29C4DB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ECD8F8
Lighter +30%#D7ACF1
Lighter +20%#C380EA
Lighter +10%#AE55E2
Darker −10%#7C1EB3
Darker −20%#5E1787
Darker −30%#3F0F5C
Darker −40%#210830
More saturated +25%#A10AFA
Less saturated −25%#9148BC

Channel breakdown

R153
G41
B219
Red153 (60%)
Green41 (16.1%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue277.75°
Saturation (HSL)71.2%
Lightness50.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G 29 · B DB

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