Recognised as Colour

#950FF9

#950FF9
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#950FF9 is a violet with RGB values 149, 15, 249 and HSL 274°, 95%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#950FF9#950FF9

HEX#950FF9

RGBrgb(149, 15, 249)

RGB (0–1)0.5843, 0.0588, 0.9765

RGB percentages58.4%, 5.9%, 97.6%

HSLhsl(274.4, 95.1%, 51.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(274.4, 94%, 97.6%)

CMYK40.2%, 94%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,768,953

CSS custom property--colour: #950FF9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13571WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness117.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.65:1

Contrast with white5.65:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3C3C3C

Inverted#6AF006

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0066FEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#0066F5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.5 from the original

Tritanopia#7E6193no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 86.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.71:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 16.3 Dark violet · ΔE 16.6 Medium blue · ΔE 24.7 Blue · ΔE 25.3 Dark orchid · ΔE 30.5 Fuchsia · ΔE 33.8

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 16.35, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#73F90F

Analogous#200FF9, #F90FE8

Triadic#F9950F, #0FF995

Split complementary#E8F90F, #0FF920

Tetradic#F9200F, #73F90F, #0FE8F9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EDD6FE

Lighter +30%#D7A4FD

Lighter +20%#C173FB

Lighter +10%#AB41FA

Darker −10%#7905D0

Darker −20%#5C049E

Darker −30%#3F036C

Darker −40%#22013B

More saturated +25%#9609FF

Less saturated −25%#912EDA

Channel breakdown

R149

G15

B249

Red149 (58.4%)

Green15 (5.9%)

Blue249 (97.6%)

Hue274.36°

Saturation (HSL)95.12%

Lightness51.76%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 95 · G 0F · B F9

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