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Recognised as Colour

#9934BC

  • #9934BC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#9934BC is a violet with RGB values 153, 52, 188 and HSL 285°, 57%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#9934BC#9934BC
HEX#9934BC
RGBrgb(153, 52, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.2039, 0.7373
RGB percentages60%, 20.4%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(284.6, 56.7%, 47.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(284.6, 72.3%, 73.7%)
CMYK18.6%, 72.3%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,040,508
CSS custom property--colour: #9934BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12859WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness112.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.88:1
Contrast with white5.88:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#535353
Inverted#66CB43

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005FC0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#3267B9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.5 from the original
Tritanopia#975075no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.88:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.57:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 9Medium orchid · ΔE 12.2Dark magenta · ΔE 16.7Purple · ΔE 20.3Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.3Dark violet · ΔE 23.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 8.95, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#57BC34
Analogous#5534BC, #BC349B
Triadic#BC9934, #34BC99
Split complementary#9BBC34, #34BC55
Tetradic#BC5534, #57BC34, #349BBC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E7CBF1
Lighter +30%#D5A3E6
Lighter +20%#C27BDB
Lighter +10%#B053D0
Darker −10%#782994
Darker −20%#581E6C
Darker −30%#371344
Darker −40%#17081C
More saturated +25%#A816DA
Less saturated −25%#8A529E

Channel breakdown

R153
G52
B188
Red153 (60%)
Green52 (20.4%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue284.56°
Saturation (HSL)56.67%
Lightness47.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G 34 · B BC

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