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Recognised as Colour

#997EDD

  • #997EDD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#997EDD is a violet with RGB values 153, 126, 221 and HSL 257°, 58%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#997EDD#997EDD
HEX#997EDD
RGBrgb(153, 126, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.4941, 0.8667
RGB percentages60%, 49.4%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(257.1, 58.3%, 68%)
HSV / HSBhsv(257.1, 43%, 86.7%)
CMYK30.8%, 43%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,059,485
CSS custom property--colour: #997EDD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26914WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness147.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.38:1
Contrast with white3.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.38:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B
Inverted#668122

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#618EE1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22 from the original
Deuteranopia#668CDBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.6 from the original
Tritanopia#8A8FA3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.29:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 8.8Slate blue · ΔE 19.4Cornflower blue · ΔE 22.2Royal blue · ΔE 23.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 23.8Orchid · ΔE 26.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 8.76, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C2DD7E
Analogous#7E93DD, #C87EDD
Triadic#DD997E, #7EDD99
Split complementary#DDC87E, #93DD7E
Tetradic#DD7E93, #C2DD7E, #7EDDC8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F9F7FD
Lighter +20%#D9CFF2
Lighter +10%#B9A6E8
Darker −10%#7956D2
Darker −20%#5C33C2
Darker −30%#49289A
Darker −40%#361E71
More saturated +25%#906AF1
Less saturated −25%#A292C9

Channel breakdown

R153
G126
B221
Red153 (60%)
Green126 (49.4%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue257.05°
Saturation (HSL)58.28%
Lightness68.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G 7E · B DD

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