Colour

#9955FF

#9955FF
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#9955FF is a violet with RGB values 153, 85, 255 and HSL 264°, 100%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#9955FF#9955FF

HEX#9955FF

HEX (short)#95F

RGBrgb(153, 85, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.3333, 1

RGB percentages60%, 33.3%, 100%

HSLhsl(264, 100%, 66.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(264, 66.7%, 100%)

CMYK40%, 66.7%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,049,023

CSS custom property--colour: #9955FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20489WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness136.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.1:1

Contrast with white4.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.1:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#707070

Inverted#66AA00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#007EFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#007BFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.4 from the original

Tritanopia#807EA3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.12:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 13.1 Dark orchid · ΔE 17.2 Dark violet · ΔE 19.9 Medium slateblue · ΔE 22.5 Medium orchid · ΔE 27.1 Slate blue · ΔE 31.3

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 13.08, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BBFF55

Analogous#5566FF, #EE55FF

Triadic#FF9955, #55FF99

Split complementary#FFEE55, #66FF55

Tetradic#FF5566, #BBFF55, #55FFEE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F5EEFF

Lighter +20%#D6BBFF

Lighter +10%#B888FF

Darker −10%#7A22FF

Darker −20%#5F00EE

Darker −30%#4B00BB

Darker −40%#360088

More saturated +25%#9955FF

Less saturated −25%#9D6AEA

Channel breakdown

R153

G85

B255

Red153 (60%)

Green85 (33.3%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue264°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness66.67%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 99 · G 55 · B FF

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