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Recognised as Colour

#9557D3

  • #9557D3
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#9557D3 is a violet with RGB values 149, 87, 211 and HSL 270°, 58%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#9557D3#9557D3
HEX#9557D3
RGBrgb(149, 87, 211)
RGB (0–1)0.5843, 0.3412, 0.8275
RGB percentages58.4%, 34.1%, 82.7%
HSLhsl(270, 58.5%, 58.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270, 58.8%, 82.7%)
CMYK29.4%, 58.8%, 0%, 17.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,787,347
CSS custom property--colour: #9557D3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17909WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness127.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.58:1
Contrast with white4.58:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.58:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6D6D6D
Inverted#6AA82C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#1E74D7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#3B75D0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.4 from the original
Tritanopia#8A708Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.58:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 12.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 13.8Slate blue · ΔE 14.1Medium purple · ΔE 14.2Dark orchid · ΔE 18Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.1
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 12.94, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#95D357
Analogous#5757D3, #D357D3
Triadic#D39557, #57D395
Split complementary#D3D357, #57D357
Tetradic#D35757, #95D357, #57D3D3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FBF9FD
Lighter +30%#E2D0F3
Lighter +20%#C8A8E8
Lighter +10%#AE7FDE
Darker −10%#7B33C4
Darker −20%#62299B
Darker −30%#481E73
Darker −40%#2F144A
More saturated +25%#953CEE
Less saturated −25%#9572B8

Channel breakdown

R149
G87
B211
Red149 (58.4%)
Green87 (34.1%)
Blue211 (82.7%)
Hue270°
Saturation (HSL)58.49%
Lightness58.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 95 · G 57 · B D3

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