Recognised as Colour

#993CC7

#993CC7
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark orchid

#993CC7 is a violet with RGB values 153, 60, 199 and HSL 280°, 55%, 51%. 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

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HEX#993CC7

RGBrgb(153, 60, 199)

RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.2353, 0.7804

RGB percentages60%, 23.5%, 78%

HSLhsl(280.1, 55.4%, 50.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(280.1, 69.8%, 78%)

CMYK23.1%, 69.8%, 0%, 22%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,042,567

CSS custom property--colour: #993CC7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14128WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness116.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.49:1

Contrast with white5.49:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5A5A5A

Inverted#66C338

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0064CBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#2C6BC4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.7 from the original

Tritanopia#945A7Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.83:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 6.8 Medium orchid · ΔE 12.3 Dark magenta · ΔE 20.7 Blue violet · ΔE 21.6 Rebecca purple · ΔE 22.4 Dark violet · ΔE 22.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 6.82, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6AC73C

Analogous#543CC7, #C73CAF

Triadic#C7993C, #3CC799

Split complementary#AFC73C, #3CC754

Tetradic#C7543C, #6AC73C, #3CAFC7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ECDAF5

Lighter +30%#D7B3E9

Lighter +20%#C28BDE

Lighter +10%#AE64D2

Darker −10%#7B2EA2

Darker −20%#5D237A

Darker −30%#3F1852

Darker −40%#210C2B

More saturated +25%#A41DE6

Less saturated −25%#8E5BA8

Channel breakdown

R153

G60

B199

Red153 (60%)

Green60 (23.5%)

Blue199 (78%)

Hue280.14°

Saturation (HSL)55.38%

Lightness50.78%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 99 · G 3C · B C7

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