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Recognised as Colour

#9970AD

  • #9970AD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#9970AD is a violet with RGB values 153, 112, 173 and HSL 280°, 27%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#9970AD#9970AD
HEX#9970AD
RGBrgb(153, 112, 173)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.4392, 0.6784
RGB percentages60%, 43.9%, 67.8%
HSLhsl(280.3, 27.1%, 55.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.3, 35.3%, 67.8%)
CMYK11.6%, 35.3%, 0%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,055,853
CSS custom property--colour: #9970AD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21378WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness133.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.28:1
Contrast with white3.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.28:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7D7D7D
Inverted#668F52

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#667DAFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#7081ABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.4 from the original
Tritanopia#987887no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.98:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 21.1Medium purple · ΔE 25.6Dark slateblue · ΔE 27.6Orchid · ΔE 30.4Cornflower blue · ΔE 30.6Steel blue · ΔE 32.2
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 21.07, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#84AD70
Analogous#7A70AD, #AD70A3
Triadic#AD9970, #70AD99
Split complementary#A3AD70, #70AD7A
Tetradic#AD7A70, #84AD70, #70A3AD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F5F2F7
Lighter +30%#DED1E5
Lighter +20%#C7B1D2
Lighter +10%#B090C0
Darker −10%#805595
Darker −20%#644374
Darker −30%#483054
Darker −40%#2C1E33
More saturated +25%#A354C9
Less saturated −25%#8F8C91

Channel breakdown

R153
G112
B173
Red153 (60%)
Green112 (43.9%)
Blue173 (67.8%)
Hue280.33°
Saturation (HSL)27.11%
Lightness55.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G 70 · B AD

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