Colour

#CC99EE

#CC99EE
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#CC99EE is a violet with RGB values 204, 153, 238 and HSL 276°, 71%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#CC99EE#CC99EE

HEX#CC99EE

HEX (short)#C9E

RGBrgb(204, 153, 238)

RGB (0–1)0.8, 0.6, 0.9333

RGB percentages80%, 60%, 93.3%

HSLhsl(276, 71.4%, 76.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(276, 35.7%, 93.3%)

CMYK14.3%, 35.7%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,408,750

CSS custom property--colour: #CC99EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41793WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness180.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.36:1

Contrast with white2.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA

Inverted#336611

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#89AAF1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#95AEECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.2 from the original

Tritanopia#C8A5B9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.24:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 13.9 Medium purple · ΔE 21.6 Violet · ΔE 22 Orchid · ΔE 22.4 Cornflower blue · ΔE 29.9 Medium orchid · ΔE 32.3

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 13.89, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BBEE99

Analogous#A199EE, #EE99E6

Triadic#EECC99, #99EECC

Split complementary#E5EE99, #99EEA1

Tetradic#EEA199, #BBEE99, #99E5EE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F8F0FD

Lighter +10%#E2C5F5

Darker −10%#B66DE7

Darker −20%#A042DF

Darker −30%#8822CC

Darker −40%#6B1BA0

More saturated +25%#CF8AFD

Less saturated −25%#C9A8DF

Channel breakdown

R204

G153

B238

Red204 (80%)

Green153 (60%)

Blue238 (93.3%)

Hue276°

Saturation (HSL)71.43%

Lightness76.67%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR CC · G 99 · B EE

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Colour values

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