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Recognised as Colour

#996AAC

  • #996AAC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#996AAC is a violet with RGB values 153, 106, 172 and HSL 283°, 28%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#996AAC#996AAC
HEX#996AAC
RGBrgb(153, 106, 172)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.4157, 0.6745
RGB percentages60%, 41.6%, 67.5%
HSLhsl(282.7, 28.4%, 54.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(282.7, 38.4%, 67.5%)
CMYK11%, 38.4%, 0%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,054,316
CSS custom property--colour: #996AAC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20059WCAG 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 5.01:1
Contrast with white4.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.01:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#797979
Inverted#669553

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6079AEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#6B7DAAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26 from the original
Tritanopia#987383no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.19:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 22.4Medium purple · ΔE 23.1Dark slateblue · ΔE 25.8Orchid · ΔE 27.6Rebecca purple · ΔE 29.6Slate blue · ΔE 31
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 22.36, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7DAC6A
Analogous#786AAC, #AC6A9E
Triadic#AC996A, #6AAC99
Split complementary#9EAC6A, #6AAC78
Tetradic#AC786A, #7DAC6A, #6A9EAC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3EDF5
Lighter +30%#DCCCE3
Lighter +20%#C6ACD0
Lighter +10%#AF8BBE
Darker −10%#7F5192
Darker −20%#633F71
Darker −30%#462D50
Darker −40%#291A30
More saturated +25%#A54DC9
Less saturated −25%#8D878F

Channel breakdown

R153
G106
B172
Red153 (60%)
Green106 (41.6%)
Blue172 (67.5%)
Hue282.73°
Saturation (HSL)28.45%
Lightness54.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G 6A · B AC

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