Colour

#994EFF

#994EFF
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#994EFF is a violet with RGB values 153, 78, 255 and HSL 265°, 100%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#994EFF#994EFF

HEX#994EFF

RGBrgb(153, 78, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.3059, 1

RGB percentages60%, 30.6%, 100%

HSLhsl(265.4, 100%, 65.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(265.4, 69.4%, 100%)

CMYK40%, 69.4%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,047,231

CSS custom property--colour: #994EFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19441WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness134.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.89:1

Contrast with white4.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.89:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#6B6B6B

Inverted#66B100

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#007AFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#0078FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.9 from the original

Tritanopia#807AA1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.3:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 10.4 Dark violet · ΔE 17.3 Dark orchid · ΔE 18 Medium slateblue · ΔE 26.3 Medium orchid · ΔE 29.6 Medium blue · ΔE 30.4

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 10.36, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B4FF4E

Analogous#4E5BFF, #F24EFF

Triadic#FF994E, #4EFF99

Split complementary#FFF14E, #5CFF4E

Tetradic#FF4E5B, #B4FF4E, #4EFFF2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F1E7FF

Lighter +20%#D4B4FF

Lighter +10%#B681FF

Darker −10%#7C1BFF

Darker −20%#6200E7

Darker −30%#4C00B4

Darker −40%#370081

More saturated +25%#994EFF

Less saturated −25%#9C64E9

Channel breakdown

R153

G78

B255

Red153 (60%)

Green78 (30.6%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue265.42°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness65.29%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 99 · G 4E · B FF

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Colour values

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