Colour

#9932CC

#9932CC
Violet
Dark
Named: Dark orchid

#9932CC is the CSS colour violet with RGB values 153, 50, 204 and HSL 280°, 61%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#9932CC#9932CC

HEX#9932CC

RGBrgb(153, 50, 204)

RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.1961, 0.8

RGB percentages60%, 19.6%, 80%

HSLhsl(280.1, 60.6%, 49.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(280.1, 75.5%, 80%)

CMYK25%, 75.5%, 0%, 20%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,040,012

CSS custom property--colour: #9932CC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13413WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness114.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.7:1

Contrast with white5.7:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#535353

Inverted#66CD33

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0062D0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#1468C9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.7 from the original

Tritanopia#92567Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.68:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 0 Blue violet · ΔE 15.4 Dark violet · ΔE 15.6 Medium orchid · ΔE 17.4 Dark magenta · ΔE 24.1 Medium slateblue · ΔE 26.2

This is a named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)exact match

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usabledarkorchid

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#65CC32

Analogous#4C32CC, #CC32B2

Triadic#CC9932, #32CC99

Split complementary#B2CC32, #32CC4C

Tetradic#CC4C32, #65CC32, #32B2CC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EAD5F5

Lighter +30%#D6ACEB

Lighter +20%#C283E1

Lighter +10%#AD5AD7

Darker −10%#7A28A3

Darker −20%#5C1E7A

Darker −30%#3D1451

Darker −40%#1E0A28

More saturated +25%#A412EC

Less saturated −25%#8E52AC

Channel breakdown

R153

G50

B204

Red153 (60%)

Green50 (19.6%)

Blue204 (80%)

Hue280.13°

Saturation (HSL)60.63%

Lightness49.8%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 99 · G 32 · B CC

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