Recognised as Colour

#9556DF

#9556DF
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium slateblue

#9556DF is a violet with RGB values 149, 86, 223 and HSL 268°, 68%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#9556DF#9556DF

HEX#9556DF

RGBrgb(149, 86, 223)

RGB (0–1)0.5843, 0.3373, 0.8745

RGB percentages58.4%, 33.7%, 87.5%

HSLhsl(267.6, 68.2%, 60.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(267.6, 61.4%, 87.5%)

CMYK33.2%, 61.4%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,787,103

CSS custom property--colour: #9556DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18373WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness129 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.67:1

Contrast with white4.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.67:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#6D6D6D

Inverted#6AA920

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0076E3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#2976DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39 from the original

Tritanopia#867393no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 60 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.49:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 12.7 Dark orchid · ΔE 14.3 Medium orchid · ΔE 15 Slate blue · ΔE 17.3 Medium purple · ΔE 19.5 Rebecca purple · ΔE 23.6

Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 12.68, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A0DF56

Analogous#565BDF, #DA56DF

Triadic#DF9556, #56DF95

Split complementary#DFDA56, #5BDF56

Tetradic#DF565B, #A0DF56, #56DFDA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E6D7F7

Lighter +20%#CBACEF

Lighter +10%#B081E7

Darker −10%#7A2BD7

Darker −20%#6221AE

Darker −30%#4A1983

Darker −40%#321158

More saturated +25%#933DF8

Less saturated −25%#976FC6

Channel breakdown

R149

G86

B223

Red149 (58.4%)

Green86 (33.7%)

Blue223 (87.5%)

Hue267.59°

Saturation (HSL)68.16%

Lightness60.59%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 95 · G 56 · B DF

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