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Recognised as Colour

#956AFF

  • #956AFF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium slateblue

#956AFF is a violet with RGB values 149, 106, 255 and HSL 257°, 100%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

#956AFF#956AFF
HEX#956AFF
RGBrgb(149, 106, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5843, 0.4157, 1
RGB percentages58.4%, 41.6%, 100%
HSLhsl(257.3, 100%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(257.3, 58.4%, 100%)
CMYK41.6%, 58.4%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,792,255
CSS custom property--colour: #956AFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23918WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness143.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.78:1
Contrast with white3.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.78:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7E7E7E
Inverted#6A9500

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0088FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#1383FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.8 from the original
Tritanopia#788BABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.63:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 10.2Slate blue · ΔE 20.6Dark orchid · ΔE 21.4Medium purple · ΔE 22.7Medium orchid · ΔE 23.1Blue violet · ΔE 24.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 10.24, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D4FF6A
Analogous#6A89FF, #E06AFF
Triadic#FF956A, #6AFF95
Split complementary#FFDF6A, #8AFF6A
Tetradic#FF6A89, #D4FF6A, #6AFFE0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DED0FF
Lighter +10%#B99DFF
Darker −10%#7137FF
Darker −20%#4C04FF
Darker −30%#3C00D0
Darker −40%#2D009D
More saturated +25%#956AFF
Less saturated −25%#9D7DEC

Channel breakdown

R149
G106
B255
Red149 (58.4%)
Green106 (41.6%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue257.32°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 95 · G 6A · B FF

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