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Recognised as Colour

#9964BE

  • #9964BE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#9964BE is a violet with RGB values 153, 100, 190 and HSL 275°, 41%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#9964BE#9964BE
HEX#9964BE
RGBrgb(153, 100, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.3922, 0.7451
RGB percentages60%, 39.2%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(275.3, 40.9%, 56.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(275.3, 47.4%, 74.5%)
CMYK19.5%, 47.4%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,052,798
CSS custom property--colour: #9964BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19604WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness130.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.92:1
Contrast with white4.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.92:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#767676
Inverted#669B41

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4E78C1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#5D7BBCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.5 from the original
Tritanopia#947288no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.27:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 11.5Slate blue · ΔE 19.6Rebecca purple · ΔE 20.7Orchid · ΔE 21.1Medium orchid · ΔE 22.6Dark slateblue · ΔE 24
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 11.54, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#89BE64
Analogous#6C64BE, #BE64B6
Triadic#BE9964, #64BE99
Split complementary#B6BE64, #64BE6C
Tetradic#BE6C64, #89BE64, #64B6BE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F8F4FA
Lighter +30%#E0D0EB
Lighter +20%#C8ACDC
Lighter +10%#B188CD
Darker −10%#8047A8
Darker −20%#653884
Darker −30%#492861
Darker −40%#2E193D
More saturated +25%#9E49DA
Less saturated −25%#947FA3

Channel breakdown

R153
G100
B190
Red153 (60%)
Green100 (39.2%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue275.33°
Saturation (HSL)40.91%
Lightness56.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G 64 · B BE

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