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Colour

#993EEA

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

#993EEA is a violet with RGB values 153, 62, 234 and HSL 272°, 80%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#993EEA#993EEA
HEX#993EEA
RGBrgb(153, 62, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.2431, 0.9176
RGB percentages60%, 24.3%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(271.7, 80.4%, 58%)
HSV / HSBhsv(271.7, 73.5%, 91.8%)
CMYK34.6%, 73.5%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,043,114
CSS custom property--colour: #993EEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16158WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness124.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.96:1
Contrast with white4.96:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E
Inverted#66C115

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006EEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#0070E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.6 from the original
Tritanopia#896991no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.96:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.23:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 6.8Dark orchid · ΔE 11.8Dark violet · ΔE 12.1Medium orchid · ΔE 25.8Medium slateblue · ΔE 27Medium blue · ΔE 30.2
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 6.84, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8FEA3E
Analogous#433EEA, #EA3EE5
Triadic#EA993E, #3EEA99
Split complementary#E5EA3E, #3EEA43
Tetradic#EA433E, #8FEA3E, #3EE5EA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FAF6FE
Lighter +30%#E2C8F9
Lighter +20%#CA9AF4
Lighter +10%#B16CEF
Darker −10%#8018DD
Darker −20%#6613AF
Darker −30%#4B0E81
Darker −40%#300953
More saturated +25%#9A29FF
Less saturated −25%#9759CF

Channel breakdown

R153
G62
B234
Red153 (60%)
Green62 (24.3%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue271.74°
Saturation (HSL)80.37%
Lightness58.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G 3E · B EA

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