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Recognised as Colour

#9959FE

  • #9959FE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#9959FE is a violet with RGB values 153, 89, 254 and HSL 263°, 99%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#9959FE#9959FE
HEX#9959FE
RGBrgb(153, 89, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.349, 0.9961
RGB percentages60%, 34.9%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(263.3, 98.8%, 67.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(263.3, 65%, 99.6%)
CMYK39.8%, 65%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,050,046
CSS custom property--colour: #9959FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21073WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness137.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.21:1
Contrast with white4.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.21:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#737373
Inverted#66A601

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#007FFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#007DFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.4 from the original
Tritanopia#8080A4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.03:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 15.1Dark orchid · ΔE 16.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 19.8Dark violet · ΔE 21.7Medium orchid · ΔE 25.4Slate blue · ΔE 28.8
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 15.15, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BEFE59
Analogous#596CFE, #EC59FE
Triadic#FE9959, #59FE99
Split complementary#FEEB59, #6CFE59
Tetradic#FE596C, #BEFE59, #59FEEC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F6F1FF
Lighter +20%#D7BEFF
Lighter +10%#B88CFE
Darker −10%#7A26FE
Darker −20%#5E01F0
Darker −30%#4A01BD
Darker −40%#36018A
More saturated +25%#9958FF
Less saturated −25%#9E6EE9

Channel breakdown

R153
G89
B254
Red153 (60%)
Green89 (34.9%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue263.27°
Saturation (HSL)98.8%
Lightness67.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G 59 · B FE

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