Recognised as Colour

#992AE2

#992AE2
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#992AE2 is a violet with RGB values 153, 42, 226 and HSL 276°, 76%, 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

#992AE2#992AE2

HEX#992AE2

RGBrgb(153, 42, 226)

RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.1647, 0.8863

RGB percentages60%, 16.5%, 88.6%

HSLhsl(276.2, 76%, 52.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(276.2, 81.4%, 88.6%)

CMYK32.3%, 81.4%, 0%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,037,986

CSS custom property--colour: #992AE2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13919WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness117.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.55:1

Contrast with white5.55:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4F4F4F

Inverted#66D51D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0065E7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#0069DEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.1 from the original

Tritanopia#8C5D89no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.78:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 4.5 Dark violet · ΔE 6.2 Dark orchid · ΔE 13.5 Medium blue · ΔE 28.1 Medium orchid · ΔE 29.1 Fuchsia · ΔE 32.4

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 4.51, a close match

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#73E22A

Analogous#3D2AE2, #E22ACF

Triadic#E2992A, #2AE299

Split complementary#CFE22A, #2AE23D

Tetradic#E23D2A, #73E22A, #2ACFE2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EFDEFA

Lighter +30%#D9B1F4

Lighter +20%#C484EE

Lighter +10%#AE57E8

Darker −10%#7E1ABF

Darker −20%#601492

Darker −30%#430E65

Darker −40%#250838

More saturated +25%#9F0DFF

Less saturated −25%#9348C4

Channel breakdown

R153

G42

B226

Red153 (60%)

Green42 (16.5%)

Blue226 (88.6%)

Hue276.2°

Saturation (HSL)76.03%

Lightness52.55%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 99 · G 2A · B E2

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