Recognised as Colour

#9982CD

#9982CD
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#9982CD is a violet with RGB values 153, 130, 205 and HSL 258°, 43%, 66%. 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

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HEX#9982CD

RGBrgb(153, 130, 205)

RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.5098, 0.8039

RGB percentages60%, 51%, 80.4%

HSLhsl(258.4, 42.9%, 65.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(258.4, 36.6%, 80.4%)

CMYK25.4%, 36.6%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,060,493

CSS custom property--colour: #9982CD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27145WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness147.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.43:1

Contrast with white3.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.43:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8C8C8C

Inverted#667D32

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6F8ED0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#738DCBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.6 from the original

Tritanopia#8F8F9Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.27:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 19.4 Cornflower blue · ΔE 20.7 Plum · ΔE 21.3 Slate blue · ΔE 28.5 Dark slateblue · ΔE 29 Steel blue · ΔE 29.6

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 19.36, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B6CD82

Analogous#8291CD, #BF82CD

Triadic#CD9982, #82CD99

Split complementary#CDBE82, #91CD82

Tetradic#CD8291, #B6CD82, #82CDBE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F2EFF9

Lighter +20%#D4CBEA

Lighter +10%#B7A6DC

Darker −10%#7B5EBE

Darker −20%#6143A6

Darker −30%#4C3482

Darker −40%#37255E

More saturated +25%#916CE3

Less saturated −25%#A198B7

Channel breakdown

R153

G130

B205

Red153 (60%)

Green130 (51%)

Blue205 (80.4%)

Hue258.4°

Saturation (HSL)42.86%

Lightness65.69%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 99 · G 82 · B CD

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