Recognised as Colour

#9965BC

#9965BC
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#9965BC is a violet with RGB values 153, 101, 188 and HSL 276°, 39%, 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

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HEX#9965BC

RGBrgb(153, 101, 188)

RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.3961, 0.7373

RGB percentages60%, 39.6%, 73.7%

HSLhsl(275.9, 39.4%, 56.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(275.9, 46.3%, 73.7%)

CMYK18.6%, 46.3%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,053,052

CSS custom property--colour: #9965BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19711WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness130.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.94:1

Contrast with white4.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.94:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#767676

Inverted#669A43

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5178BFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#5F7CBAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.3 from the original

Tritanopia#957388no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.25:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 12.7 Slate blue · ΔE 20.9 Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.6 Orchid · ΔE 21.6 Dark slateblue · ΔE 23.8 Medium orchid · ΔE 24

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 12.72, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#88BC65

Analogous#6D65BC, #BC65B4

Triadic#BC9965, #65BC99

Split complementary#B4BC65, #65BC6D

Tetradic#BC6D65, #88BC65, #65B4BC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F7F3FA

Lighter +30%#E0D0EA

Lighter +20%#C8ACDB

Lighter +10%#B189CB

Darker −10%#8048A6

Darker −20%#653982

Darker −30%#49295F

Darker −40%#2E1A3B

More saturated +25%#9E49D8

Less saturated −25%#9481A0

Channel breakdown

R153

G101

B188

Red153 (60%)

Green101 (39.6%)

Blue188 (73.7%)

Hue275.86°

Saturation (HSL)39.37%

Lightness56.67%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 99 · G 65 · B BC

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