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Recognised as Colour

#955DFF

  • #955DFF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#955DFF is a violet with RGB values 149, 93, 255 and HSL 261°, 100%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#955DFF#955DFF
HEX#955DFF
RGBrgb(149, 93, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5843, 0.3647, 1
RGB percentages58.4%, 36.5%, 100%
HSLhsl(260.7, 100%, 68.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.7, 63.5%, 100%)
CMYK41.6%, 63.5%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,788,927
CSS custom property--colour: #955DFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21438WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness138.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.29:1
Contrast with white3.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.29:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#757575
Inverted#6AA200

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0081FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#007DFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.5 from the original
Tritanopia#7983A6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.97:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 17.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 17.5Dark orchid · ΔE 18.1Dark violet · ΔE 23.9Medium orchid · ΔE 25.4Slate blue · ΔE 26.9
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 17.25, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C7FF5D
Analogous#5D76FF, #E65DFF
Triadic#FF955D, #5DFF95
Split complementary#FFE65D, #76FF5D
Tetradic#FF5D76, #C7FF5D, #5DFFE6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F9F6FF
Lighter +20%#D8C3FF
Lighter +10%#B690FF
Darker −10%#742AFF
Darker −20%#5500F6
Darker −30%#4300C3
Darker −40%#320090
More saturated +25%#955DFF
Less saturated −25%#9B71EB

Channel breakdown

R149
G93
B255
Red149 (58.4%)
Green93 (36.5%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue260.74°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness68.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 95 · G 5D · B FF

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