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Recognised as Colour

#993FAD

  • #993FAD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#993FAD is a violet with RGB values 153, 63, 173 and HSL 289°, 47%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#993FAD#993FAD
HEX#993FAD
RGBrgb(153, 63, 173)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.2471, 0.6784
RGB percentages60%, 24.7%, 67.8%
HSLhsl(289.1, 46.6%, 46.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(289.1, 63.6%, 67.8%)
CMYK11.6%, 63.6%, 0%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,043,309
CSS custom property--colour: #993FAD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13344WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness112.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.72:1
Contrast with white5.72:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5A5A5A
Inverted#66C052

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2160B0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#4869AAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.7 from the original
Tritanopia#9A5170no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.72:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.67:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 12.9Dark magenta · ΔE 14.3Purple · ΔE 15.6Rebecca purple · ΔE 15.7Orchid · ΔE 21.1Dark orchid · ΔE 21.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 12.85, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#53AD3F
Analogous#623FAD, #AD3F8A
Triadic#AD993F, #3FAD99
Split complementary#8AAD3F, #3FAD62
Tetradic#AD623F, #53AD3F, #3F8AAD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E6CCEC
Lighter +30%#D4A6DF
Lighter +20%#C381D1
Lighter +10%#B15CC3
Darker −10%#783188
Darker −20%#572462
Darker −30%#36163D
Darker −40%#150917
More saturated +25%#AC21CB
Less saturated −25%#865D8F

Channel breakdown

R153
G63
B173
Red153 (60%)
Green63 (24.7%)
Blue173 (67.8%)
Hue289.09°
Saturation (HSL)46.61%
Lightness46.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G 3F · B AD

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