Recognised as Colour

#9976BF

#9976BF
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#9976BF is a violet with RGB values 153, 118, 191 and HSL 269°, 36%, 61%. 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

#9976BF#9976BF

HEX#9976BF

RGBrgb(153, 118, 191)

RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.4627, 0.749

RGB percentages60%, 46.3%, 74.9%

HSLhsl(268.8, 36.3%, 60.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(268.8, 38.2%, 74.9%)

CMYK19.9%, 38.2%, 0%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,057,407

CSS custom property--colour: #9976BF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23491WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness139 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#838383

Inverted#668940

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6684C2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22 from the original

Deuteranopia#6D85BDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.1 from the original

Tritanopia#938191no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.8 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 19 Plum · ΔE 21.5 Cornflower blue · ΔE 25.6 Dark slateblue · ΔE 26.4 Slate blue · ΔE 27.7 Orchid · ΔE 28.1

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 18.97, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9CBF76

Analogous#7678BF, #BE76BF

Triadic#BF9976, #76BF99

Split complementary#BFBD76, #78BF76

Tetradic#BF7678, #9CBF76, #76BFBE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E7DEF0

Lighter +20%#CDBCDF

Lighter +10%#B399CF

Darker −10%#7F53AF

Darker −20%#66428D

Darker −30%#4D326A

Darker −40%#342148

More saturated +25%#985DD8

Less saturated −25%#9A8FA6

Channel breakdown

R153

G118

B191

Red153 (60%)

Green118 (46.3%)

Blue191 (74.9%)

Hue268.77°

Saturation (HSL)36.32%

Lightness60.59%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 99 · G 76 · B BF

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