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Recognised as Colour

#992BE0

  • #992BE0
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#992BE0 is a violet with RGB values 153, 43, 224 and HSL 276°, 74%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#992BE0#992BE0
HEX#992BE0
RGBrgb(153, 43, 224)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.1686, 0.8784
RGB percentages60%, 16.9%, 87.8%
HSLhsl(276.5, 74.5%, 52.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(276.5, 80.8%, 87.8%)
CMYK31.7%, 80.8%, 0%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,038,240
CSS custom property--colour: #992BE0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13882WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness117.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.56:1
Contrast with white5.56:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4F4F4F
Inverted#66D41F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0065E5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#0069DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.8 from the original
Tritanopia#8D5C88no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.56:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.78:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 5Dark violet · ΔE 6.5Dark orchid · ΔE 12.2Medium orchid · ΔE 28Medium blue · ΔE 28.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 32
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 5, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#72E02B
Analogous#3E2BE0, #E02BCD
Triadic#E0992B, #2BE099
Split complementary#CDE02B, #2BE03E
Tetradic#E03E2B, #72E02B, #2BCDE0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFDDFA
Lighter +30%#D9B0F4
Lighter +20%#C484ED
Lighter +10%#AE57E7
Darker −10%#7D1CBC
Darker −20%#601590
Darker −30%#420F63
Darker −40%#250837
More saturated +25%#A00DFE
Less saturated −25%#9249C2

Channel breakdown

R153
G43
B224
Red153 (60%)
Green43 (16.9%)
Blue224 (87.8%)
Hue276.46°
Saturation (HSL)74.49%
Lightness52.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G 2B · B E0

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