Information about #990EF0 color

#990EF0 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#990EF0 falls into the Violet Color Family — Full Saturation, Light brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(153, 14, 240) — 60% red, 5.5% green, 94.1% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 34 / 89 / 0 / 6. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#990EF0 presents itself as a maximally vivid twilight violet — one that sits on the lighter side of the spectrum. In practice it works well for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Vivid Purple (#9900FA). Nearby in the Register you will also find Neon Violet (#9500FF) and Vivid Violet (#9F00FF).

In RGB terms — rgb(153, 14, 240) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, white text reaches a 5.7:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); black stays at 3.7:1. No one has named #990EF0 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#990EF0 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#990EF0 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #990EF0

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#990EF0
  • RGB153, 14, 240
  • CMYK34, 89, 0, 6
  • CSSrgb(153, 14, 240)
  • HSL277°, 89%, 50%
  • HSL Precise276.903°, 88.976%, 49.804%
  • HSV277°, 94%, 94%
  • HSB277°, 94%, 94%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.600
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.055
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.941
  • GLSLvec3(0.600, 0.055, 0.941)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.600, 0.055, 0.941, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.600, 0.055, 0.941)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB60%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB5.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB94.1%
  • Color FamilyViolet
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID990EF0
  • DECIMAL ID10030832
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers3 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01