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Recognised as Colour

#946DFF

  • #946DFF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium slateblue

#946DFF is a violet with RGB values 148, 109, 255 and HSL 256°, 100%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#946DFF#946DFF
HEX#946DFF
RGBrgb(148, 109, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5804, 0.4275, 1
RGB percentages58%, 42.7%, 100%
HSLhsl(256, 100%, 71.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(256, 57.3%, 100%)
CMYK42%, 57.3%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,727,487
CSS custom property--colour: #946DFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24453WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness144.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.89:1
Contrast with white3.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.89:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#808080
Inverted#6B9200

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#048AFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#1D85FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.7 from the original
Tritanopia#768DACno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.56:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 8.7Slate blue · ΔE 19.3Medium purple · ΔE 21Dark orchid · ΔE 22.8Medium orchid · ΔE 23.2Royal blue · ΔE 23.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 8.66, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D8FF6D
Analogous#6D8FFF, #DD6DFF
Triadic#FF946D, #6DFF94
Split complementary#FFDD6D, #8FFF6D
Tetradic#FF6D8F, #D8FF6D, #6DFFDD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DFD3FF
Lighter +10%#B9A0FF
Darker −10%#6F3AFF
Darker −20%#4907FF
Darker −30%#3800D3
Darker −40%#2B00A0
More saturated +25%#946DFF
Less saturated −25%#9D7FED

Channel breakdown

R148
G109
B255
Red148 (58%)
Green109 (42.7%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue256.03°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness71.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 94 · G 6D · B FF

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