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Recognised as Colour

#996DE7

  • #996DE7
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#996DE7 is a violet with RGB values 153, 109, 231 and HSL 262°, 72%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

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HEX#996DE7
RGBrgb(153, 109, 231)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.4275, 0.9059
RGB percentages60%, 42.7%, 90.6%
HSLhsl(261.6, 71.8%, 66.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261.6, 52.8%, 90.6%)
CMYK33.8%, 52.8%, 0%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,055,143
CSS custom property--colour: #996DE7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23479WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness141.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.7:1
Contrast with white3.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.7:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7F7F7F
Inverted#669218

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3C85EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#4984E4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.4 from the original
Tritanopia#8885A0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.69:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 8.5Medium slateblue · ΔE 10.3Slate blue · ΔE 12.5Medium orchid · ΔE 18.2Royal blue · ΔE 20.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 24.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 8.53, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BBE76D
Analogous#6D7EE7, #D66DE7
Triadic#E7996D, #6DE799
Split complementary#E7D66D, #7EE76D
Tetradic#E76D7E, #BBE76D, #6DE7D6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F5F0FD
Lighter +20%#D6C5F5
Lighter +10%#B899EE
Darker −10%#7A41E0
Darker −20%#5F22CC
Darker −30%#4B1AA1
Darker −40%#361375
More saturated +25%#9358FC
Less saturated −25%#9F82D2

Channel breakdown

R153
G109
B231
Red153 (60%)
Green109 (42.7%)
Blue231 (90.6%)
Hue261.64°
Saturation (HSL)71.76%
Lightness66.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G 6D · B E7

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