Recognised as Colour

#9946ED

#9946ED
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#9946ED is a violet with RGB values 153, 70, 237 and HSL 270°, 82%, 60%. 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

#9946ED#9946ED

HEX#9946ED

RGBrgb(153, 70, 237)

RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.2745, 0.9294

RGB percentages60%, 27.5%, 92.9%

HSLhsl(269.8, 82.3%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(269.8, 70.5%, 92.9%)

CMYK35.4%, 70.5%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,045,165

CSS custom property--colour: #9946ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17267WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness127.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.72:1

Contrast with white4.72:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#646464

Inverted#66B912

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0072F2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#0073EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.6 from the original

Tritanopia#876E95no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 70.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.45:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 9.5 Dark orchid · ΔE 11.6 Dark violet · ΔE 15 Medium slateblue · ΔE 24 Medium orchid · ΔE 24.2 Slate blue · ΔE 31.1

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.5, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9AED46

Analogous#4647ED, #EC46ED

Triadic#ED9946, #46ED99

Split complementary#EDEC46, #47ED46

Tetradic#ED4647, #9AED46, #46EDEC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E6D1FB

Lighter +20%#CCA3F6

Lighter +10%#B374F2

Darker −10%#7F18E8

Darker −20%#6612BB

Darker −30%#4D0E8C

Darker −40%#33095E

More saturated +25%#9934FF

Less saturated −25%#995FD4

Channel breakdown

R153

G70

B237

Red153 (60%)

Green70 (27.5%)

Blue237 (92.9%)

Hue269.82°

Saturation (HSL)82.27%

Lightness60.2%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 99 · G 46 · B ED

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