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Recognised as Colour

#993AC7

  • #993AC7
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#993AC7 is a violet with RGB values 153, 58, 199 and HSL 280°, 56%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#993AC7#993AC7
HEX#993AC7
RGBrgb(153, 58, 199)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.2275, 0.7804
RGB percentages60%, 22.7%, 78%
HSLhsl(280.4, 55.7%, 50.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.4, 70.9%, 78%)
CMYK23.1%, 70.9%, 0%, 22%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,042,055
CSS custom property--colour: #993AC7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13922WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness116.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.55:1
Contrast with white5.55:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#585858
Inverted#66C538

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0064CBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45 from the original
Deuteranopia#2A6AC4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.1 from the original
Tritanopia#94587Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.55:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.78:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 5.9Medium orchid · ΔE 13Dark magenta · ΔE 20.8Blue violet · ΔE 20.8Dark violet · ΔE 21.5Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 5.86, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#68C73A
Analogous#523AC7, #C73AAF
Triadic#C7993A, #3AC799
Split complementary#AFC73A, #3AC752
Tetradic#C7523A, #68C73A, #3AAFC7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EBD9F4
Lighter +30%#D7B1E9
Lighter +20%#C289DE
Lighter +10%#AE62D2
Darker −10%#7B2EA0
Darker −20%#5D2279
Darker −30%#3E1751
Darker −40%#200C29
More saturated +25%#A41AE7
Less saturated −25%#8E5AA7

Channel breakdown

R153
G58
B199
Red153 (60%)
Green58 (22.7%)
Blue199 (78%)
Hue280.43°
Saturation (HSL)55.73%
Lightness50.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G 3A · B C7

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