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Recognised as Colour

#9967AA

  • #9967AA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#9967AA is a violet with RGB values 153, 103, 170 and HSL 285°, 28%, 54%. 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

#9967AA#9967AA
HEX#9967AA
RGBrgb(153, 103, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.4039, 0.6667
RGB percentages60%, 40.4%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(284.8, 28.3%, 53.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(284.8, 39.4%, 66.7%)
CMYK10%, 39.4%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,053,546
CSS custom property--colour: #9967AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19375WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness128.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.88:1
Contrast with white4.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.88:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#767676
Inverted#669855

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5D77ACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#697BA8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.2 from the original
Tritanopia#997080no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.31:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 22.9Plum · ΔE 23.1Dark slateblue · ΔE 25.4Orchid · ΔE 26.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 28.5Slate blue · ΔE 30.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 22.89, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#78AA67
Analogous#7867AA, #AA679A
Triadic#AA9967, #67AA99
Split complementary#9AAA67, #67AA77
Tetradic#AA7767, #78AA67, #679AAA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1EAF3
Lighter +30%#DBC9E1
Lighter +20%#C5A8CF
Lighter +10%#AF88BC
Darker −10%#7E508E
Darker −20%#613D6E
Darker −30%#442B4D
Darker −40%#27192C
More saturated +25%#A849C8
Less saturated −25%#8A858C

Channel breakdown

R153
G103
B170
Red153 (60%)
Green103 (40.4%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue284.78°
Saturation (HSL)28.27%
Lightness53.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G 67 · B AA

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