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Recognised as Colour

#9969EB

  • #9969EB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium slateblue

#9969EB is a violet with RGB values 153, 105, 235 and HSL 262°, 76%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#9969EB#9969EB
HEX#9969EB
RGBrgb(153, 105, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.4118, 0.9216
RGB percentages60%, 41.2%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(262.2, 76.5%, 66.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.2, 55.3%, 92.2%)
CMYK34.9%, 55.3%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,054,123
CSS custom property--colour: #9969EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22874WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness140.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.57:1
Contrast with white3.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.57:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7D7D7D
Inverted#669614

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2E84EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#3F82E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.4 from the original
Tritanopia#8784A0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.77:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 8.6Medium purple · ΔE 13.1Slate blue · ΔE 14.1Medium orchid · ΔE 17.4Royal blue · ΔE 22.1Dark orchid · ΔE 22.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 8.64, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BBEB69
Analogous#697AEB, #DA69EB
Triadic#EB9969, #69EB99
Split complementary#EBDA69, #7AEB69
Tetradic#EB697A, #BBEB69, #69EBDA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F5F0FD
Lighter +20%#D6C3F7
Lighter +10%#B896F1
Darker −10%#7A3CE5
Darker −20%#5F1CD2
Darker −30%#4B16A5
Darker −40%#361078
More saturated +25%#9455FF
Less saturated −25%#9F7ED6

Channel breakdown

R153
G105
B235
Red153 (60%)
Green105 (41.2%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue262.15°
Saturation (HSL)76.47%
Lightness66.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G 69 · B EB

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