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Recognised as Colour

#994AC5

  • #994AC5
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#994AC5 is a violet with RGB values 153, 74, 197 and HSL 279°, 51%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#994AC5#994AC5
HEX#994AC5
RGBrgb(153, 74, 197)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.2902, 0.7725
RGB percentages60%, 29%, 77.3%
HSLhsl(278.5, 51.5%, 53.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(278.5, 62.4%, 77.3%)
CMYK22.3%, 62.4%, 0%, 22.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,046,149
CSS custom property--colour: #994AC5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15701WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness121 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.07:1
Contrast with white5.07:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#646464
Inverted#66B53A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#126BC9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#3E70C2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.3 from the original
Tritanopia#946281no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.07:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.14:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 9.7Dark orchid · ΔE 15.3Rebecca purple · ΔE 17.7Medium purple · ΔE 18.6Slate blue · ΔE 18.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 19.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 9.69, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#76C54A
Analogous#5B4AC5, #C54AB4
Triadic#C5994A, #4AC599
Split complementary#B3C54A, #4AC55C
Tetradic#C55C4A, #76C54A, #4AB4C5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F0E4F7
Lighter +30%#DABEEA
Lighter +20%#C597DE
Lighter +10%#AF71D1
Darker −10%#7E35A7
Darker −20%#612980
Darker −30%#441D59
Darker −40%#261033
More saturated +25%#A22CE3
Less saturated −25%#9068A7

Channel breakdown

R153
G74
B197
Red153 (60%)
Green74 (29%)
Blue197 (77.3%)
Hue278.54°
Saturation (HSL)51.46%
Lightness53.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G 4A · B C5

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