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Recognised as Colour

#950DE0

  • #950DE0
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#950DE0 is a violet with RGB values 149, 13, 224 and HSL 279°, 89%, 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

#950DE0#950DE0
HEX#950DE0
RGBrgb(149, 13, 224)
RGB (0–1)0.5843, 0.051, 0.8784
RGB percentages58.4%, 5.1%, 87.8%
HSLhsl(278.7, 89%, 46.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(278.7, 94.2%, 87.8%)
CMYK33.5%, 94.2%, 0%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,768,416
CSS custom property--colour: #950DE0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12059WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness111.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.16:1
Contrast with white6.16:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#393939
Inverted#6AF21F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005EE5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#0062DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.7 from the original
Tritanopia#875584no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 75.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.16:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.41:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 5.1Blue violet · ΔE 7.7Dark orchid · ΔE 19.5Medium blue · ΔE 25.4Fuchsia · ΔE 31.5Magenta · ΔE 31.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 5.08, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#58E00D
Analogous#2B0DE0, #E00DC2
Triadic#E0950D, #0DE095
Split complementary#C1E00D, #0DE02C
Tetradic#E02C0D, #58E00D, #0DC1E0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E5BEFB
Lighter +30%#D28EF8
Lighter +20%#C05DF6
Lighter +10%#AD2DF3
Darker −10%#750AB0
Darker −20%#550780
Darker −30%#35054F
Darker −40%#15021F
More saturated +25%#9900ED
Less saturated −25%#8C2BC2

Channel breakdown

R149
G13
B224
Red149 (58.4%)
Green13 (5.1%)
Blue224 (87.8%)
Hue278.67°
Saturation (HSL)89.03%
Lightness46.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 95 · G 0D · B E0

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