Recognised as Colour

#997CCD

#997CCD
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#997CCD is a violet with RGB values 153, 124, 205 and HSL 261°, 45%, 65%. 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

#997CCD#997CCD

HEX#997CCD

RGBrgb(153, 124, 205)

RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.4863, 0.8039

RGB percentages60%, 48.6%, 80.4%

HSLhsl(261.5, 44.8%, 64.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(261.5, 39.5%, 80.4%)

CMYK25.4%, 39.5%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,058,957

CSS custom property--colour: #997CCD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25595WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness144.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.12:1

Contrast with white3.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.12:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#888888

Inverted#668332

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#678AD0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#6C8ACBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.1 from the original

Tritanopia#8F8A9Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.43:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 15.2 Cornflower blue · ΔE 22.3 Plum · ΔE 22.8 Slate blue · ΔE 24.7 Dark slateblue · ΔE 27.2 Orchid · ΔE 27.9

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 15.23, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B0CD7C

Analogous#7C87CD, #C27CCD

Triadic#CD997C, #7CCD99

Split complementary#CDC27C, #88CD7C

Tetradic#CD7C87, #B0CD7C, #7CCDC2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EFEBF7

Lighter +20%#D2C6E9

Lighter +10%#B6A1DB

Darker −10%#7C57BF

Darker −20%#633FA4

Darker −30%#4D317F

Darker −40%#37235A

More saturated +25%#9365E4

Less saturated −25%#9F93B6

Channel breakdown

R153

G124

B205

Red153 (60%)

Green124 (48.6%)

Blue205 (80.4%)

Hue261.48°

Saturation (HSL)44.75%

Lightness64.51%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 99 · G 7C · B CD

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#997CCD

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else