Recognised as Colour

#994DF0

#994DF0
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#994DF0 is a violet with RGB values 153, 77, 240 and HSL 268°, 84%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

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HEX#994DF0

RGBrgb(153, 77, 240)

RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.302, 0.9412

RGB percentages60%, 30.2%, 94.1%

HSLhsl(268, 84.5%, 62.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(268, 67.9%, 94.1%)

CMYK36.3%, 67.9%, 0%, 5.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,046,960

CSS custom property--colour: #994DF0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18371WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness130.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.67:1

Contrast with white4.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.67:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#696969

Inverted#66B20F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0076F5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#0076EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.8 from the original

Tritanopia#867399no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 70.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.49:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 12.1 Dark orchid · ΔE 12.3 Dark violet · ΔE 17.8 Medium slateblue · ΔE 21.4 Medium orchid · ΔE 23 Slate blue · ΔE 28.9

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 12.14, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A4F04D

Analogous#4D53F0, #EB4DF0

Triadic#F0994D, #4DF099

Split complementary#F0EA4D, #53F04D

Tetradic#F04D53, #A4F04D, #4DF0EA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EADAFC

Lighter +20%#CFABF8

Lighter +10%#B47CF4

Darker −10%#7E1EEC

Darker −20%#6511C6

Darker −30%#4D0D97

Darker −40%#350968

More saturated +25%#983EFF

Less saturated −25%#9B65D8

Channel breakdown

R153

G77

B240

Red153 (60%)

Green77 (30.2%)

Blue240 (94.1%)

Hue267.98°

Saturation (HSL)84.46%

Lightness62.16%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 99 · G 4D · B F0

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