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Recognised as Colour

#951BFF

  • #951BFF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#951BFF is a violet with RGB values 149, 27, 255 and HSL 272°, 100%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#951BFF#951BFF
HEX#951BFF
RGBrgb(149, 27, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5843, 0.1059, 1
RGB percentages58.4%, 10.6%, 100%
HSLhsl(272.1, 100%, 55.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(272.1, 89.4%, 100%)
CMYK41.6%, 89.4%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,772,031
CSS custom property--colour: #951BFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14393WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness120.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.41:1
Contrast with white5.41:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#454545
Inverted#6AE400

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0069FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#0068FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.8 from the original
Tritanopia#7B6698no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 88.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.41:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.88:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 17Dark violet · ΔE 18Blue · ΔE 24.6Medium blue · ΔE 24.9Dark orchid · ΔE 31.3Fuchsia · ΔE 34.6
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 16.96, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#85FF1B
Analogous#231BFF, #FF1BF7
Triadic#FF951B, #1BFF95
Split complementary#F7FF1B, #1BFF23
Tetradic#FF231B, #85FF1B, #1BF7FF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4E7FF
Lighter +30%#DCB4FF
Lighter +20%#C481FF
Lighter +10%#AD4EFF
Darker −10%#7C00E7
Darker −20%#6000B4
Darker −30%#450081
Darker −40%#2A004E
More saturated +25%#951BFF
Less saturated −25%#9337E3

Channel breakdown

R149
G27
B255
Red149 (58.4%)
Green27 (10.6%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue272.11°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness55.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 95 · G 1B · B FF

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