Recognised as Colour

#950BD8

#950BD8
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark violet

#950BD8 is a violet with RGB values 149, 11, 216 and HSL 280°, 90%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#950BD8#950BD8

HEX#950BD8

RGBrgb(149, 11, 216)

RGB (0–1)0.5843, 0.0431, 0.8471

RGB percentages58.4%, 4.3%, 84.7%

HSLhsl(280.4, 90.3%, 44.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(280.4, 94.9%, 84.7%)

CMYK31%, 94.9%, 0%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,767,896

CSS custom property--colour: #950BD8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11587WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness109.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.33:1

Contrast with white6.33:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#373737

Inverted#6AF427

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#005BDDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47 from the original

Deuteranopia#0061D5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54.4 from the original

Tritanopia#8A507Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.32:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 1.6 Blue violet · ΔE 7.3 Dark orchid · ΔE 16.2 Medium blue · ΔE 26.8 Fuchsia · ΔE 31.5 Magenta · ΔE 31.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 1.62, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4ED80B

Analogous#2E0BD8, #D80BB5

Triadic#D8950B, #0BD895

Split complementary#B5D80B, #0BD82E

Tetradic#D82E0B, #4ED80B, #0BB5D8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E4B4FB

Lighter +30%#D283F9

Lighter +20%#C153F6

Lighter +10%#AF22F4

Darker −10%#7409A7

Darker −20%#520677

Darker −30%#310446

Darker −40%#0F0116

More saturated +25%#9900E3

Less saturated −25%#8B27BC

Channel breakdown

R149

G11

B216

Red149 (58.4%)

Green11 (4.3%)

Blue216 (84.7%)

Hue280.39°

Saturation (HSL)90.31%

Lightness44.51%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 95 · G 0B · B D8

Keep nerding

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

#950BD8

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