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Recognised as Colour

#9947EF

  • #9947EF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#9947EF is a violet with RGB values 153, 71, 239 and HSL 269°, 84%, 61%. 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

#9947EF#9947EF
HEX#9947EF
RGBrgb(153, 71, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.2784, 0.9373
RGB percentages60%, 27.8%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(269.3, 84%, 60.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(269.3, 70.3%, 93.7%)
CMYK36%, 70.3%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,045,423
CSS custom property--colour: #9947EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17511WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness128.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.66:1
Contrast with white4.66:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.5:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#656565
Inverted#66B810

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0073F4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#0073ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.8 from the original
Tritanopia#877097no 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 text4.66:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 9.4Dark orchid · ΔE 12.3Dark violet · ΔE 15.2Medium slateblue · ΔE 24.2Medium orchid · ΔE 24.7Slate blue · ΔE 31.5
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 9.43, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9DEF47
Analogous#4749EF, #ED47EF
Triadic#EF9947, #47EF99
Split complementary#EFED47, #49EF47
Tetradic#EF4749, #9DEF47, #47EFED

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E7D4FB
Lighter +20%#CDA5F7
Lighter +10%#B376F3
Darker −10%#7F18EB
Darker −20%#6611BF
Darker −30%#4D0D90
Darker −40%#340862
More saturated +25%#9937FF
Less saturated −25%#9A60D6

Channel breakdown

R153
G71
B239
Red153 (60%)
Green71 (27.8%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue269.29°
Saturation (HSL)84%
Lightness60.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G 47 · B EF

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