Recognised as Colour

#996DA4

#996DA4
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#996DA4 is a violet with RGB values 153, 109, 164 and HSL 288°, 23%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

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HEX#996DA4

RGBrgb(153, 109, 164)

RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.4275, 0.6431

RGB percentages60%, 42.7%, 64.3%

HSLhsl(288, 23.2%, 53.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(288, 33.5%, 64.3%)

CMYK6.7%, 33.5%, 0%, 35.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,055,076

CSS custom property--colour: #996DA4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2039WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness130.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.08:1

Contrast with white4.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.08:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7A7A7A

Inverted#66925B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#667AA6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#717EA2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.6 from the original

Tritanopia#9A7381no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.14:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 21.7 Dark slateblue · ΔE 28.9 Medium purple · ΔE 29.1 Pale violetred · ΔE 30.6 Slate grey · ΔE 31.9 Light slate grey · ΔE 32

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 21.73, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#78A46D

Analogous#7D6DA4, #A46D93

Triadic#A4996D, #6DA499

Split complementary#93A46D, #6DA47D

Tetradic#A47E6D, #78A46D, #6D93A4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#F1EBF2

Lighter +30%#DBCBDF

Lighter +20%#C5ACCB

Lighter +10%#AF8CB8

Darker −10%#7E5589

Darker −20%#614269

Darker −30%#442E4A

Darker −40%#271A2B

More saturated +25%#AB4FC2

Less saturated −25%#898989

Channel breakdown

R153

G109

B164

Red153 (60%)

Green109 (42.7%)

Blue164 (64.3%)

Hue288°

Saturation (HSL)23.21%

Lightness53.53%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 99 · G 6D · B A4

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