Recognised as Colour

#997BC3

#997BC3
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#997BC3 is a violet with RGB values 153, 123, 195 and HSL 265°, 37%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

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HEX#997BC3

RGBrgb(153, 123, 195)

RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.4824, 0.7647

RGB percentages60%, 48.2%, 76.5%

HSLhsl(265, 37.5%, 62.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(265, 36.9%, 76.5%)

CMYK21.5%, 36.9%, 0%, 23.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,058,691

CSS custom property--colour: #997BC3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24878WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness142.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.98:1

Contrast with white3.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.98:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#878787

Inverted#66843C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6A88C6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#7089C1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.6 from the original

Tritanopia#928696no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.51:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 19.9 Plum · ΔE 20.9 Cornflower blue · ΔE 23.8 Dark slateblue · ΔE 27.6 Slate blue · ΔE 28.8 Orchid · ΔE 29.7

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 19.91, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A5C37B

Analogous#7B81C3, #BD7BC3

Triadic#C3997B, #7BC399

Split complementary#C3BD7B, #81C37B

Tetradic#C37B81, #A5C37B, #7BC3BD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EAE4F3

Lighter +20%#CFC1E3

Lighter +10%#B49ED3

Darker −10%#7E58B3

Darker −20%#654494

Darker −30%#4D3471

Darker −40%#35244E

More saturated +25%#9563DB

Less saturated −25%#9D93AB

Channel breakdown

R153

G123

B195

Red153 (60%)

Green123 (48.2%)

Blue195 (76.5%)

Hue265°

Saturation (HSL)37.5%

Lightness62.35%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 99 · G 7B · B C3

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