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Colour

#9969A8

  • #9969A8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#9969A8 is a violet with RGB values 153, 105, 168 and HSL 286°, 27%, 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 Plum.

Colour values

#9969A8#9969A8
HEX#9969A8
RGBrgb(153, 105, 168)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.4118, 0.6588
RGB percentages60%, 41.2%, 65.9%
HSLhsl(285.7, 26.6%, 53.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(285.7, 37.5%, 65.9%)
CMYK8.9%, 37.5%, 0%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,054,056
CSS custom property--colour: #9969A8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19703WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness129.2 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#787878
Inverted#669657

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6078AAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26 from the original
Deuteranopia#6C7CA6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26 from the original
Tritanopia#997181no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.6 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

Plum · ΔE 22.4Medium purple · ΔE 24.9Dark slateblue · ΔE 26.4Orchid · ΔE 28.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 30.6Pale violetred · ΔE 31.9
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 22.38, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#78A869
Analogous#7A69A8, #A86997
Triadic#A89969, #69A899
Split complementary#98A869, #69A87A
Tetradic#A87A69, #78A869, #6997A8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1EAF3
Lighter +30%#DBCAE0
Lighter +20%#C5AACD
Lighter +10%#AF89BB
Darker −10%#7E518D
Darker −20%#613F6C
Darker −30%#442C4C
Darker −40%#27192C
More saturated +25%#A94BC6
Less saturated −25%#89878A

Channel breakdown

R153
G105
B168
Red153 (60%)
Green105 (41.2%)
Blue168 (65.9%)
Hue285.71°
Saturation (HSL)26.58%
Lightness53.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G 69 · B A8

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