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Recognised as Colour

#996FEA

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

#996FEA is a violet with RGB values 153, 111, 234 and HSL 260°, 75%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#996FEA#996FEA
HEX#996FEA
RGBrgb(153, 111, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.4353, 0.9176
RGB percentages60%, 43.5%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(260.5, 74.5%, 67.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.5, 52.6%, 91.8%)
CMYK34.6%, 52.6%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,055,658
CSS custom property--colour: #996FEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24082WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness143.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.82:1
Contrast with white3.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.82:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#818181
Inverted#669015

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3D87EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31 from the original
Deuteranopia#4985E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.6 from the original
Tritanopia#8788A2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.61:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 8.8Medium slateblue · ΔE 9.8Slate blue · ΔE 12.8Medium orchid · ΔE 18.9Royal blue · ΔE 20.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 25.1
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 8.85, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C0EA6F
Analogous#6F83EA, #D76FEA
Triadic#EA996F, #6FEA99
Split complementary#EAD76F, #83EA6F
Tetradic#EA6F83, #C0EA6F, #6FEAD7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F8F5FD
Lighter +20%#D8C8F7
Lighter +10%#B99CF0
Darker −10%#7942E4
Darker −20%#5D1FD4
Darker −30%#4918A8
Darker −40%#36127B
More saturated +25%#925AFF
Less saturated −25%#A084D5

Channel breakdown

R153
G111
B234
Red153 (60%)
Green111 (43.5%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue260.49°
Saturation (HSL)74.55%
Lightness67.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G 6F · B EA

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