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Recognised as Colour

#956ADF

  • #956ADF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#956ADF is a violet with RGB values 149, 106, 223 and HSL 262°, 65%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#956ADF#956ADF
HEX#956ADF
RGBrgb(149, 106, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.5843, 0.4157, 0.8745
RGB percentages58.4%, 41.6%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(262.1, 64.6%, 64.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.1, 52.5%, 87.5%)
CMYK33.2%, 52.5%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,792,223
CSS custom property--colour: #956ADF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22025WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness137.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.41:1
Contrast with white3.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.41:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7C7C7C
Inverted#6A9520

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3D81E3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#4980DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.4 from the original
Tritanopia#85819Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.89:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 6.2Slate blue · ΔE 11.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 11.8Medium orchid · ΔE 18.5Royal blue · ΔE 20.2Rebecca purple · ΔE 22.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 6.23, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B4DF6A
Analogous#6A79DF, #D06ADF
Triadic#DF956A, #6ADF95
Split complementary#DFD06A, #79DF6A
Tetradic#DF6A79, #B4DF6A, #6ADFD0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EFE8FA
Lighter +20%#D1BEF1
Lighter +10%#B394E8
Darker −10%#7740D6
Darker −20%#5E28BB
Darker −30%#491F91
Darker −40%#341667
More saturated +25%#8F53F6
Less saturated −25%#9B81C8

Channel breakdown

R149
G106
B223
Red149 (58.4%)
Green106 (41.6%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue262.05°
Saturation (HSL)64.64%
Lightness64.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 95 · G 6A · B DF

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