Information about #990FA4 color

#990FA4 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

In the Register's classification, #990FA4 belongs to the Magenta Color Family, featuring High Saturation and Neutral brightness. In numbers: rgb(153, 15, 164) (60% red, 5.9% green, 64.3% blue), or CMYK 7 / 91 / 0 / 36 for print. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

#990FA4 presents itself as a strongly colored electric magenta — one that occupies the middle of the lightness scale. It is a natural fit for accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Elipsis Practice (#9315A6). Slightly further away sit Violet Eggplant (#991199) and Strong Heliotrope (#9300A8).

The recipe behind #990FA4 is rgb(153, 15, 164), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #990FA4: 7.1:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 3.0:1 for black. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#990FA4 color variations

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

#990FA4 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#990FA4 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#990FA4 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#990FA4 color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#990FA4 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
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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
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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
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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
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Tetradic

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

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

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

Square color scheme
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Nearest named colors to #990FA4

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

Elipsis Practice color link
Elipsis Practice

#9315A6

Violet Eggplant color link
Violet Eggplant

#991199

Strong Heliotrope color link
Strong Heliotrope

#9300A8

Barney Purple color link
Barney Purple

#A00498

Cobalt Violet Deep color link
Cobalt Violet Deep

#91219E

Strong Magenta color link
Strong Magenta

#A800A8

Vintage Magenta color link
Vintage Magenta

#942194

Strong Orchid color link
Strong Orchid

#A80093

Kelly Purple color link
Kelly Purple

#8617BB

Barney color link
Barney

#AC1DB8

Strong Mulberry color link
Strong Mulberry

#7E00A8

Hurghada color link
Hurghada

#7911A2

#990FA4 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#990FA4
  • RGB153, 15, 164
  • CMYK7, 91, 0, 36
  • CSSrgb(153, 15, 164)
  • HSL296°, 83%, 35%
  • HSL Precise295.57°, 83.24%, 35.098%
  • HSV296°, 91%, 64%
  • HSB296°, 91%, 64%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.600
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.059
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.643
  • GLSLvec3(0.600, 0.059, 0.643)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.600, 0.059, 0.643, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.600, 0.059, 0.643)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB60%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB5.9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB64.3%
  • Color FamilyMagenta
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID990FA4
  • DECIMAL ID10031012
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers13 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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