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Recognised as Colour

#950CB6

  • #950CB6
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#950CB6 is a violet with RGB values 149, 12, 182 and HSL 288°, 88%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#950CB6#950CB6
HEX#950CB6
RGBrgb(149, 12, 182)
RGB (0–1)0.5843, 0.0471, 0.7137
RGB percentages58.4%, 4.7%, 71.4%
HSLhsl(288.4, 87.6%, 38%)
HSV / HSBhsv(288.4, 93.4%, 71.4%)
CMYK18.1%, 93.4%, 0%, 28.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,768,118
CSS custom property--colour: #950CB6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1003WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness102.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.99:1
Contrast with white6.99:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#353535
Inverted#6AF349

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0052BAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#145DB3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 58.1 from the original
Tritanopia#933E6Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.99:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.01:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 8.2Dark violet · ΔE 15.7Blue violet · ΔE 19.1Dark magenta · ΔE 19.6Medium orchid · ΔE 21Purple · ΔE 23.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 8.21, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2DB60C
Analogous#400CB6, #B60C82
Triadic#B6950C, #0CB695
Split complementary#82B60C, #0CB640
Tetradic#B6400C, #2DB60C, #0C82B6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E596F8
Lighter +30%#D966F5
Lighter +20%#CD36F2
Lighter +10%#BC0FE6
Darker −10%#6E0986
Darker −20%#470656
Darker −30%#1F0326
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#9C00C2
Less saturated −25%#86249E

Channel breakdown

R149
G12
B182
Red149 (58.4%)
Green12 (4.7%)
Blue182 (71.4%)
Hue288.35°
Saturation (HSL)87.63%
Lightness38.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 95 · G 0C · B B6

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