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Recognised as Colour

#996ACD

  • #996ACD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#996ACD is a violet with RGB values 153, 106, 205 and HSL 268°, 50%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#996ACD#996ACD
HEX#996ACD
RGBrgb(153, 106, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.4157, 0.8039
RGB percentages60%, 41.6%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(268.5, 49.7%, 61%)
HSV / HSBhsv(268.5, 48.3%, 80.4%)
CMYK25.4%, 48.3%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,054,349
CSS custom property--colour: #996ACD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21488WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness135.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.3:1
Contrast with white3.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.3:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7B7B7B
Inverted#669532

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4D7ED0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#5A80CBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.6 from the original
Tritanopia#907B92no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.96:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 6Slate blue · ΔE 15.7Medium orchid · ΔE 21Medium slateblue · ΔE 21.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.2Orchid · ΔE 21.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 5.99, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9ECD6A
Analogous#6A6DCD, #CB6ACD
Triadic#CD996A, #6ACD99
Split complementary#CDCB6A, #6DCD6A
Tetradic#CD6A6D, #9ECD6A, #6ACDCB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E7DDF3
Lighter +20%#CDB6E7
Lighter +10%#B390DA
Darker −10%#7F44C0
Darker −20%#66359C
Darker −30%#4D2876
Darker −40%#341B50
More saturated +25%#9851E6
Less saturated −25%#9A83B4

Channel breakdown

R153
G106
B205
Red153 (60%)
Green106 (41.6%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue268.48°
Saturation (HSL)49.75%
Lightness60.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G 6A · B CD

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