Recognised as Colour

#997ED0

#997ED0
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#997ED0 is a violet with RGB values 153, 126, 208 and HSL 260°, 47%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

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HEX#997ED0

RGBrgb(153, 126, 208)

RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.4941, 0.8157

RGB percentages60%, 49.4%, 81.6%

HSLhsl(259.8, 46.6%, 65.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(259.8, 39.4%, 81.6%)

CMYK26.4%, 39.4%, 0%, 18.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,059,472

CSS custom property--colour: #997ED0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26248WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness145.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.25:1

Contrast with white3.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.25:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A

Inverted#66812F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#688CD3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#6D8BCEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.1 from the original

Tritanopia#8E8C9Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.36:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 15 Cornflower blue · ΔE 21.5 Plum · ΔE 23 Slate blue · ΔE 24.6 Dark slateblue · ΔE 27.7 Orchid · ΔE 28.3

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 15.03, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B5D07E

Analogous#7E8CD0, #C27ED0

Triadic#D0997E, #7ED099

Split complementary#D0C27E, #8CD07E

Tetradic#D07E8C, #B5D07E, #7ED0C2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F2EEF9

Lighter +20%#D4C9EB

Lighter +10%#B7A3DE

Darker −10%#7B59C2

Darker −20%#623EAA

Darker −30%#4C3085

Darker −40%#37235F

More saturated +25%#9168E6

Less saturated −25%#A194BA

Channel breakdown

R153

G126

B208

Red153 (60%)

Green126 (49.4%)

Blue208 (81.6%)

Hue259.76°

Saturation (HSL)46.59%

Lightness65.49%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 99 · G 7E · B D0

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