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Recognised as Colour

#950BDF

  • #950BDF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#950BDF is a violet with RGB values 149, 11, 223 and HSL 279°, 91%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#950BDF#950BDF
HEX#950BDF
RGBrgb(149, 11, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.5843, 0.0431, 0.8745
RGB percentages58.4%, 4.3%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(279.1, 90.6%, 45.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(279.1, 95.1%, 87.5%)
CMYK33.2%, 95.1%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,767,903
CSS custom property--colour: #950BDF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11957WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness111.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.19:1
Contrast with white6.19:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#383838
Inverted#6AF420

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005DE4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47 from the original
Deuteranopia#0062DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54.2 from the original
Tritanopia#885483no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.19:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.39:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 4.8Blue violet · ΔE 7.8Dark orchid · ΔE 19.3Medium blue · ΔE 25.5Fuchsia · ΔE 31.4Magenta · ΔE 31.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 4.76, a close match
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#55DF0B
Analogous#2B0BDF, #DF0BBF
Triadic#DF950B, #0BDF95
Split complementary#BFDF0B, #0BDF2B
Tetradic#DF2B0B, #55DF0B, #0BBFDF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E5BAFC
Lighter +30%#D28AF9
Lighter +20%#C059F7
Lighter +10%#AD29F4
Darker −10%#7509AE
Darker −20%#54067E
Darker −30%#34044D
Darker −40%#13011D
More saturated +25%#9800EA
Less saturated −25%#8C28C2

Channel breakdown

R149
G11
B223
Red149 (58.4%)
Green11 (4.3%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue279.06°
Saturation (HSL)90.6%
Lightness45.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 95 · G 0B · B DF

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