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Recognised as Colour

#996BFC

  • #996BFC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium slateblue

#996BFC is a violet with RGB values 153, 107, 252 and HSL 259°, 96%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#996BFC#996BFC
HEX#996BFC
RGBrgb(153, 107, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.4196, 0.9882
RGB percentages60%, 42%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(259, 96%, 70.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259, 57.5%, 98.8%)
CMYK39.3%, 57.5%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,054,652
CSS custom property--colour: #996BFC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24316WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness144.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.86:1
Contrast with white3.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.86:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7F7F7F
Inverted#669403

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0C89FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#2885F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.5 from the original
Tritanopia#808AA9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.58:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 9.5Slate blue · ΔE 19.4Medium purple · ΔE 20.6Dark orchid · ΔE 21.2Medium orchid · ΔE 21.2Royal blue · ΔE 24.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 9.52, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CEFC6B
Analogous#6B85FC, #E26BFC
Triadic#FC996B, #6BFC99
Split complementary#FCE26B, #85FC6B
Tetradic#FC6B85, #CEFC6B, #6BFCE2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DECFFE
Lighter +10%#BB9DFD
Darker −10%#7739FB
Darker −20%#5407FA
Darker −30%#4304CA
Darker −40%#320398
More saturated +25%#9868FF
Less saturated −25%#A07EE9

Channel breakdown

R153
G107
B252
Red153 (60%)
Green107 (42%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue259.03°
Saturation (HSL)96.03%
Lightness70.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G 6B · B FC

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