Colour

#9976C7

#9976C7
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#9976C7 is a violet with RGB values 153, 118, 199 and HSL 266°, 42%, 62%. 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

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HEX#9976C7

RGBrgb(153, 118, 199)

RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.4627, 0.7804

RGB percentages60%, 46.3%, 78%

HSLhsl(265.9, 42%, 62.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(265.9, 40.7%, 78%)

CMYK23.1%, 40.7%, 0%, 22%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,057,415

CSS custom property--colour: #9976C7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23853WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness140.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.77:1

Contrast with white3.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.77:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#838383

Inverted#668938

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6285CAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#6A86C5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23 from the original

Tritanopia#918395no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.64:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 14.6 Plum · ΔE 23.3 Slate blue · ΔE 23.9 Cornflower blue · ΔE 24.7 Dark slateblue · ΔE 25.9 Orchid · ΔE 26.3

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 14.58, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A4C776

Analogous#767CC7, #C176C7

Triadic#C79976, #76C799

Split complementary#C7C276, #7CC776

Tetradic#C7767C, #A4C776, #76C7C1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EAE3F3

Lighter +20%#CFBEE5

Lighter +10%#B49AD6

Darker −10%#7E52B8

Darker −20%#653E99

Darker −30%#4D3074

Darker −40%#352150

More saturated +25%#965EDF

Less saturated −25%#9C8EAF

Channel breakdown

R153

G118

B199

Red153 (60%)

Green118 (46.3%)

Blue199 (78%)

Hue265.93°

Saturation (HSL)41.97%

Lightness62.16%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 99 · G 76 · B C7

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