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Recognised as Colour

#950ED4

  • #950ED4
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#950ED4 is a violet with RGB values 149, 14, 212 and HSL 281°, 88%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#950ED4#950ED4
HEX#950ED4
RGBrgb(149, 14, 212)
RGB (0–1)0.5843, 0.0549, 0.8314
RGB percentages58.4%, 5.5%, 83.1%
HSLhsl(280.9, 87.6%, 44.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.9, 93.4%, 83.1%)
CMYK29.7%, 93.4%, 0%, 16.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,768,660
CSS custom property--colour: #950ED4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11457WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness109 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.38:1
Contrast with white6.38:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#393939
Inverted#6AF12B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005AD9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#0061D1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54.9 from the original
Tritanopia#8B4F7Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.38:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.29:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 1.6Blue violet · ΔE 7.5Dark orchid · ΔE 14.1Medium blue · ΔE 27.8Medium orchid · ΔE 30.5Fuchsia · ΔE 31.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 1.61, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4DD40E
Analogous#320ED4, #D40EB0
Triadic#D4950E, #0ED495
Split complementary#B0D40E, #0ED432
Tetradic#D4320E, #4DD40E, #0EB0D4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E4B4FA
Lighter +30%#D284F7
Lighter +20%#C154F4
Lighter +10%#B024F1
Darker −10%#730BA4
Darker −20%#520874
Darker −30%#300544
Darker −40%#0F0115
More saturated +25%#9A00E2
Less saturated −25%#8B2AB8

Channel breakdown

R149
G14
B212
Red149 (58.4%)
Green14 (5.5%)
Blue212 (83.1%)
Hue280.91°
Saturation (HSL)87.61%
Lightness44.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 95 · G 0E · B D4

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