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Recognised as Colour

#9975EE

  • #9975EE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#9975EE is a violet with RGB values 153, 117, 238 and HSL 258°, 78%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#9975EE#9975EE
HEX#9975EE
RGBrgb(153, 117, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.4588, 0.9333
RGB percentages60%, 45.9%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(257.9, 78.1%, 69.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(257.9, 50.8%, 93.3%)
CMYK35.7%, 50.8%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,057,198
CSS custom property--colour: #9975EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25668WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness146.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.13:1
Contrast with white3.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.13:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#858585
Inverted#668A11

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#468CF2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29 from the original
Deuteranopia#4E89EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.5 from the original
Tritanopia#858DA7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.42:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 7.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 10.7Slate blue · ΔE 13.2Royal blue · ΔE 19.4Medium orchid · ΔE 21.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 26.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 7.69, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CAEE75
Analogous#758EEE, #D575EE
Triadic#EE9975, #75EE99
Split complementary#EED575, #8DEE75
Tetradic#EE758E, #CAEE75, #75EED5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFDFF
Lighter +20%#DCD0F9
Lighter +10%#BBA2F4
Darker −10%#7748E8
Darker −20%#571CE1
Darker −30%#4516B4
Darker −40%#341186
More saturated +25%#9264FF
Less saturated −25%#A188DB

Channel breakdown

R153
G117
B238
Red153 (60%)
Green117 (45.9%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue257.85°
Saturation (HSL)78.06%
Lightness69.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G 75 · B EE

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