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Recognised as Colour

#955FBF

  • #955FBF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#955FBF is a violet with RGB values 149, 95, 191 and HSL 274°, 43%, 56%. 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 purple.

Colour values

#955FBF#955FBF
HEX#955FBF
RGBrgb(149, 95, 191)
RGB (0–1)0.5843, 0.3725, 0.749
RGB percentages58.4%, 37.3%, 74.9%
HSLhsl(273.8, 42.9%, 56.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.8, 50.3%, 74.9%)
CMYK22%, 50.3%, 0%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,789,375
CSS custom property--colour: #955FBF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18336WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness126.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.67:1
Contrast with white4.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.67:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#717171
Inverted#6AA040

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4574C2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#5577BDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.5 from the original
Tritanopia#8F6F86no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.5:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 10Slate blue · ΔE 16.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 17.9Medium orchid · ΔE 20.1Orchid · ΔE 21.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 23.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 9.96, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#89BF5F
Analogous#655FBF, #BF5FB9
Triadic#BF955F, #5FBF95
Split complementary#B9BF5F, #5FBF65
Tetradic#BF655F, #89BF5F, #5FB9BF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F6F1F9
Lighter +30%#DDCCEB
Lighter +20%#C5A8DC
Lighter +10%#AD83CE
Darker −10%#7C43A8
Darker −20%#613583
Darker −30%#46265F
Darker −40%#2B173B
More saturated +25%#9943DB
Less saturated −25%#927BA3

Channel breakdown

R149
G95
B191
Red149 (58.4%)
Green95 (37.3%)
Blue191 (74.9%)
Hue273.75°
Saturation (HSL)42.86%
Lightness56.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 95 · G 5F · B BF

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