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Recognised as Colour

#9937DA

  • #9937DA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#9937DA is a violet with RGB values 153, 55, 218 and HSL 276°, 69%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#9937DA#9937DA
HEX#9937DA
RGBrgb(153, 55, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.2157, 0.8549
RGB percentages60%, 21.6%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(276.1, 68.8%, 53.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(276.1, 74.8%, 85.5%)
CMYK29.8%, 74.8%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,041,306
CSS custom property--colour: #9937DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14567WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness119.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.37:1
Contrast with white5.37:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#585858
Inverted#66C825

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0067DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#006BD7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.9 from the original
Tritanopia#8E5F87no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 65.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.37:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.91:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 5.7Blue violet · ΔE 10.4Dark violet · ΔE 12.5Medium orchid · ΔE 21.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 26.1Dark magenta · ΔE 29.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 5.72, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#78DA37
Analogous#4837DA, #DA37C9
Triadic#DA9937, #37DA99
Split complementary#C9DA37, #37DA48
Tetradic#DA4837, #78DA37, #37C9DA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1E3FA
Lighter +30%#DBB8F2
Lighter +20%#C58DEA
Lighter +10%#AF62E2
Darker −10%#7E23BB
Darker −20%#611B90
Darker −30%#441365
Darker −40%#270B3A
More saturated +25%#9F19F8
Less saturated −25%#9355BC

Channel breakdown

R153
G55
B218
Red153 (60%)
Green55 (21.6%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue276.07°
Saturation (HSL)68.78%
Lightness53.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G 37 · B DA

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