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Recognised as Colour

#94739E

  • #94739E
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#94739E is a violet with RGB values 148, 115, 158 and HSL 286°, 18%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#94739E#94739E
HEX#94739E
RGBrgb(148, 115, 158)
RGB (0–1)0.5804, 0.451, 0.6196
RGB percentages58%, 45.1%, 62%
HSLhsl(286, 18.1%, 53.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(286, 27.2%, 62%)
CMYK6.3%, 27.2%, 0%, 38%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,728,926
CSS custom property--colour: #94739E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21026WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness131 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.21:1
Contrast with white4.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.21:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7D7D7D
Inverted#6B8C61

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6E7CA0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#75809Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.3 from the original
Tritanopia#947882no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.03:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 23.8Slate grey · ΔE 24.3Light slate grey · ΔE 24.4Rosy brown · ΔE 27.3Gray · ΔE 27.8Steel blue · ΔE 28.7
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 23.76, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7D9E73
Analogous#7E739E, #9E7393
Triadic#9E9473, #739E94
Split complementary#929E73, #739E7F
Tetradic#9E7F73, #7D9E73, #73939E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F0ECF1
Lighter +30%#D9CDDD
Lighter +20%#C2AFC8
Lighter +10%#AB91B3
Darker −10%#7A5B83
Darker −20%#5E4665
Darker −30%#423147
Darker −40%#261C29
More saturated +25%#A455BC
Less saturated −25%#898989

Channel breakdown

R148
G115
B158
Red148 (58%)
Green115 (45.1%)
Blue158 (62%)
Hue286.05°
Saturation (HSL)18.14%
Lightness53.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 94 · G 73 · B 9E

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