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Recognised as Colour

#944AE5

  • #944AE5
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#944AE5 is a violet with RGB values 148, 74, 229 and HSL 269°, 75%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#944AE5#944AE5
HEX#944AE5
RGBrgb(148, 74, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.5804, 0.2902, 0.898
RGB percentages58%, 29%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(268.6, 74.9%, 59.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(268.6, 67.7%, 89.8%)
CMYK35.4%, 67.7%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,718,501
CSS custom property--colour: #944AE5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16851WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness125.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.81:1
Contrast with white4.81:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#656565
Inverted#6BB51A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0071EAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#0071E2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.8 from the original
Tritanopia#836E92no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.81:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.37:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 9.9Blue violet · ΔE 14.2Dark violet · ΔE 19Medium slateblue · ΔE 19.1Medium orchid · ΔE 20.2Slate blue · ΔE 25.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 9.87, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9BE54A
Analogous#4A4EE5, #E24AE5
Triadic#E5944A, #4AE594
Split complementary#E5E24A, #4EE54A
Tetradic#E54A4D, #9BE54A, #4AE5E2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FDFCFF
Lighter +30%#E3D0F8
Lighter +20%#C9A3F2
Lighter +10%#AE77EB
Darker −10%#7A20DC
Darker −20%#6119B0
Darker −30%#481383
Darker −40%#300C57
More saturated +25%#9330FF
Less saturated −25%#9564CB

Channel breakdown

R148
G74
B229
Red148 (58%)
Green74 (29%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue268.65°
Saturation (HSL)74.88%
Lightness59.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 94 · G 4A · B E5

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