Recognised as Colour

#9558FF

#9558FF
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#9558FF is a violet with RGB values 149, 88, 255 and HSL 262°, 100%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#9558FF#9558FF

HEX#9558FF

RGBrgb(149, 88, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.5843, 0.3451, 1

RGB percentages58.4%, 34.5%, 100%

HSLhsl(261.9, 100%, 67.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(261.9, 65.5%, 100%)

CMYK41.6%, 65.5%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,787,647

CSS custom property--colour: #9558FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20589WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness136.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.12:1

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

Contrast with black5.12:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#717171

Inverted#6AA700

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#007EFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#007BFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.8 from the original

Tritanopia#7980A4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76.3 from the original

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

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

Contrast with black, large text5.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 14.7 Dark orchid · ΔE 17.7 Medium slateblue · ΔE 20.4 Dark violet · ΔE 21.6 Medium orchid · ΔE 26.8 Slate blue · ΔE 29.5

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 14.65, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C2FF58

Analogous#586FFF, #E858FF

Triadic#FF9558, #58FF95

Split complementary#FFE858, #6FFF58

Tetradic#FF586F, #C2FF58, #58FFE8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F6F1FF

Lighter +20%#D6BEFF

Lighter +10%#B58BFF

Darker −10%#7525FF

Darker −20%#5800F1

Darker −30%#4500BE

Darker −40%#33008B

More saturated +25%#9558FF

Less saturated −25%#9B6DEA

Channel breakdown

R149

G88

B255

Red149 (58.4%)

Green88 (34.5%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue261.92°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness67.25%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 95 · G 58 · B FF

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