Recognised as Colour

#947FD1

#947FD1
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#947FD1 is a violet with RGB values 148, 127, 209 and HSL 255°, 47%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

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HEX#947FD1

RGBrgb(148, 127, 209)

RGB (0–1)0.5804, 0.498, 0.8196

RGB percentages58%, 49.8%, 82%

HSLhsl(255.4, 47.1%, 65.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(255.4, 39.2%, 82%)

CMYK29.2%, 39.2%, 0%, 18%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,732,049

CSS custom property--colour: #947FD1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26078WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness144.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.22:1

Contrast with white3.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.22:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#898989

Inverted#6B802E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#688CD4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#6B8ACFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.9 from the original

Tritanopia#878E9Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.38:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 15.5 Cornflower blue · ΔE 19.6 Plum · ΔE 24.2 Slate blue · ΔE 24.5 Dark slateblue · ΔE 27.4 Royal blue · ΔE 27.8

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 15.55, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BCD17F

Analogous#7F93D1, #BD7FD1

Triadic#D1947F, #7FD194

Split complementary#D1BD7F, #93D17F

Tetradic#D17F93, #BCD17F, #7FD1BD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F2F0F9

Lighter +20%#D3CAEC

Lighter +10%#B3A5DE

Darker −10%#7559C4

Darker −20%#5A3EAC

Darker −30%#463087

Darker −40%#332361

More saturated +25%#8969E7

Less saturated −25%#9F95BB

Channel breakdown

R148

G127

B209

Red148 (58%)

Green127 (49.8%)

Blue209 (82%)

Hue255.37°

Saturation (HSL)47.13%

Lightness65.88%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 94 · G 7F · B D1

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