Colour

#945CA5

#945CA5
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#945CA5 is a violet with RGB values 148, 92, 165 and HSL 286°, 29%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#945CA5#945CA5

HEX#945CA5

RGBrgb(148, 92, 165)

RGB (0–1)0.5804, 0.3608, 0.6471

RGB percentages58%, 36.1%, 64.7%

HSLhsl(286, 28.9%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(286, 44.2%, 64.7%)

CMYK10.3%, 44.2%, 0%, 35.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,723,045

CSS custom property--colour: #945CA5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16667WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness120.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.85:1

Contrast with white4.85:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#6D6D6D

Inverted#6BA35A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#506EA8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#5F73A3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.3 from the original

Tritanopia#946679no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.33:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 21.1 Dark slateblue · ΔE 22.8 Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.7 Orchid · ΔE 25 Plum · ΔE 27 Slate blue · ΔE 27.6

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 21.11, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6DA55C

Analogous#705CA5, #A55C91

Triadic#A5945C, #5CA594

Split complementary#92A55C, #5CA56F

Tetradic#A56F5C, #6DA55C, #5C91A5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EADFEE

Lighter +30%#D5BFDB

Lighter +20%#BF9EC9

Lighter +10%#AA7DB7

Darker −10%#774985

Darker −20%#593764

Darker −30%#3C2543

Darker −40%#1F1322

More saturated +25%#A53CC5

Less saturated −25%#837C85

Channel breakdown

R148

G92

B165

Red148 (58%)

Green92 (36.1%)

Blue165 (64.7%)

Hue286.03°

Saturation (HSL)28.85%

Lightness50.39%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 94 · G 5C · B A5

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#945CA5

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else