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Recognised as Colour

#9930FF

  • #9930FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#9930FF is a violet with RGB values 153, 48, 255 and HSL 270°, 100%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#9930FF#9930FF
HEX#9930FF
RGBrgb(153, 48, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.1882, 1
RGB percentages60%, 18.8%, 100%
HSLhsl(270.4, 100%, 59.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270.4, 81.2%, 100%)
CMYK40%, 81.2%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,039,551
CSS custom property--colour: #9930FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16106WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness125.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.97:1
Contrast with white4.97:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#555555
Inverted#66CF00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006FFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#006EFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.5 from the original
Tritanopia#816C9Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 84.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.97:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.22:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 11.7Dark violet · ΔE 14.7Medium blue · ΔE 25.6Dark orchid · ΔE 25.9Blue · ΔE 29.1Fuchsia · ΔE 33.6
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 11.74, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#96FF30
Analogous#3130FF, #FF30FE
Triadic#FF9930, #30FF99
Split complementary#FEFF30, #30FF31
Tetradic#FF3130, #96FF30, #30FEFF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FEFCFF
Lighter +30%#E4C9FF
Lighter +20%#CB96FF
Lighter +10%#B263FF
Darker −10%#8000FC
Darker −20%#6600C9
Darker −30%#4C0096
Darker −40%#320063
More saturated +25%#9930FF
Less saturated −25%#994AE5

Channel breakdown

R153
G48
B255
Red153 (60%)
Green48 (18.8%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue270.43°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness59.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G 30 · B FF

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