HEX Color #960CB2 (Darkorchid)

About #960CB2

At its core, #960CB2 is a dark and vivid hue. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Darkorchid. Its digital footprint relies on 150 parts red, 12 parts green, and 178 parts blue light.

For print applications, it's crucial to understand its CMYK makeup. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 16% cyan and 93% magenta inks. This makes it a relatively light color when applied to physical surfaces.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #FFFFFF text provides the most optimal reading experience. Strict adherence to these ratios protects visually impaired users from unreadable interfaces.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#960CB2

RGB150, 12, 178

HSL289.9°, 87.4%, 37.3%

CMYK16%, 93%, 0%, 30%

HSV289.9°, 93.3%, 69.8%

LAB37.8, 69.3, -54.0

XYZ20.7, 10.0, 42.9

Decimal9833650

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#960CB2 #27B20C

Analogous

#430CB2 #B20C7A

Triadic

#B2960C #0CB296

Tetradic

#B2430C #27B20C #0C7AB2

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#960CB2

#A127BA

#AD42C3

#B95DCB

#C478D4

#D093DC

#DCAEE5

#E7C9ED

#F3E4F6

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#960CB2

#850A9E

#74098A

#640876

#530662

#42054F

#32043B

#210227

#100113

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

7.02:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AAA

2.99:1

Text on #000000

FAIL

6.71:1

Text on #F8FAFC

AA

2.54:1

Text on #0F172A

FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #960CB2; }

.text-color { color: #960CB2; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #960CB2; }

Similar Colors

Darkorchid

#9932CC