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Recognised as Colour

#993DFD

  • #993DFD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#993DFD is a violet with RGB values 153, 61, 253 and HSL 269°, 98%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#993DFD#993DFD
HEX#993DFD
RGBrgb(153, 61, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.2392, 0.9922
RGB percentages60%, 23.9%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(268.8, 98%, 61.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(268.8, 75.9%, 99.2%)
CMYK39.5%, 75.9%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,042,877
CSS custom property--colour: #993DFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17202WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness128.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.73:1
Contrast with white4.73:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E
Inverted#66C202

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0073FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#0072F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.7 from the original
Tritanopia#81709Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 80.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.73:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.44:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 8.1Dark violet · ΔE 13.6Dark orchid · ΔE 21.2Medium blue · ΔE 26.8Blue · ΔE 33.5Medium slateblue · ΔE 33.9
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 8.14, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A1FD3D
Analogous#3D41FD, #F93DFD
Triadic#FD993D, #3DFD99
Split complementary#FDF93D, #41FD3D
Tetradic#FD3D41, #A1FD3D, #3DFDF9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E9D4FF
Lighter +20%#CEA2FE
Lighter +10%#B46FFE
Darker −10%#7E0BFC
Darker −20%#6602D2
Darker −30%#4D029F
Darker −40%#35016D
More saturated +25%#993BFF
Less saturated −25%#9A56E5

Channel breakdown

R153
G61
B253
Red153 (60%)
Green61 (23.9%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue268.75°
Saturation (HSL)97.96%
Lightness61.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G 3D · B FD

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