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Recognised as Colour

#9984FA

  • #9984FA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#9984FA is a blue with RGB values 153, 132, 250 and HSL 251°, 92%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#9984FA#9984FA
HEX#9984FA
RGBrgb(153, 132, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.5176, 0.9804
RGB percentages60%, 51.8%, 98%
HSLhsl(250.7, 92.2%, 74.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(250.7, 47.2%, 98%)
CMYK38.8%, 47.2%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,061,050
CSS custom property--colour: #9984FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30177WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.04:1
Contrast with white2.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#919191
Inverted#667B05

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5798FEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#5893F7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.4 from the original
Tritanopia#7F9CB3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.98:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 9.5Medium slateblue · ΔE 14.5Slate blue · ΔE 16.6Royal blue · ΔE 18.7Dodgerblue · ΔE 26.1Cornflower blue · ΔE 26.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 9.49, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E5FA84
Analogous#84AAFA, #D484FA
Triadic#FA9984, #84FA99
Split complementary#FAD484, #AAFA84
Tetradic#FA84AA, #E5FA84, #84FAD4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EAE6FE
Lighter +10%#C2B5FC
Darker −10%#7053F8
Darker −20%#4822F6
Darker −30%#2F09DC
Darker −40%#2407AB
More saturated +25%#967FFF
Less saturated −25%#A394EA

Channel breakdown

R153
G132
B250
Red153 (60%)
Green132 (51.8%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue250.68°
Saturation (HSL)92.19%
Lightness74.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G 84 · B FA

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