Recognised as Colour

#996ECE

#996ECE
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#996ECE is a violet with RGB values 153, 110, 206 and HSL 267°, 49%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

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HEX#996ECE

RGBrgb(153, 110, 206)

RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.4314, 0.8078

RGB percentages60%, 43.1%, 80.8%

HSLhsl(266.9, 49.5%, 62%)

HSV / HSBhsv(266.9, 46.6%, 80.8%)

CMYK25.7%, 46.6%, 0%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,055,374

CSS custom property--colour: #996ECE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2238WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness137.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.48:1

Contrast with white3.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.48:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7E7E7E

Inverted#669131

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5381D1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#5D82CCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.8 from the original

Tritanopia#907F94no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.83:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 6.6 Slate blue · ΔE 16.9 Medium slateblue · ΔE 22.5 Orchid · ΔE 22.7 Rebecca purple · ΔE 22.8 Medium orchid · ΔE 23.1

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 6.57, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A3CE6E

Analogous#6E73CE, #C96ECE

Triadic#CE996E, #6ECE99

Split complementary#CEC96E, #73CE6E

Tetradic#CE6E73, #A3CE6E, #6ECEC9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E9E0F5

Lighter +20%#CFBAE8

Lighter +10%#B494DB

Darker −10%#7E48C1

Darker −20%#6536A0

Darker −30%#4D297A

Darker −40%#351C54

More saturated +25%#9656E6

Less saturated −25%#9C86B6

Channel breakdown

R153

G110

B206

Red153 (60%)

Green110 (43.1%)

Blue206 (80.8%)

Hue266.88°

Saturation (HSL)49.48%

Lightness61.96%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 99 · G 6E · B CE

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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