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Recognised as Colour

#9939C8

  • #9939C8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#9939C8 is a violet with RGB values 153, 57, 200 and HSL 280°, 57%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#9939C8#9939C8
HEX#9939C8
RGBrgb(153, 57, 200)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.2235, 0.7843
RGB percentages60%, 22.4%, 78.4%
HSLhsl(280.3, 56.5%, 50.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.3, 71.5%, 78.4%)
CMYK23.5%, 71.5%, 0%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,041,800
CSS custom property--colour: #9939C8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13869WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness116 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 black3.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#585858
Inverted#66C637

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0063CCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#276AC5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.6 from the original
Tritanopia#93587Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.1 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 text3.77:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 4.9Medium orchid · ΔE 13.6Blue violet · ΔE 19.9Dark violet · ΔE 20.5Dark magenta · ΔE 21.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 23.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 4.93, a close match
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#68C839
Analogous#5239C8, #C839AF
Triadic#C89939, #39C899
Split complementary#AFC839, #39C852
Tetradic#C85239, #68C839, #39AFC8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EBD9F4
Lighter +30%#D7B1E9
Lighter +20%#C289DE
Lighter +10%#AE61D3
Darker −10%#7B2DA1
Darker −20%#5D2279
Darker −30%#3E1751
Darker −40%#200C29
More saturated +25%#A419E8
Less saturated −25%#8E59A8

Channel breakdown

R153
G57
B200
Red153 (60%)
Green57 (22.4%)
Blue200 (78.4%)
Hue280.28°
Saturation (HSL)56.52%
Lightness50.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G 39 · B C8

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