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Recognised as Colour

#956BD8

  • #956BD8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#956BD8 is a violet with RGB values 149, 107, 216 and HSL 263°, 58%, 63%. 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

#956BD8#956BD8
HEX#956BD8
RGBrgb(149, 107, 216)
RGB (0–1)0.5843, 0.4196, 0.8471
RGB percentages58.4%, 42%, 84.7%
HSLhsl(263.1, 58.3%, 63.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(263.1, 50.5%, 84.7%)
CMYK31%, 50.5%, 0%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,792,472
CSS custom property--colour: #956BD8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21863WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness136.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.37:1
Contrast with white3.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.37:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7C7C7C
Inverted#6A9427

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4581DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#5080D5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.3 from the original
Tritanopia#878098no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.91:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 2.8Slate blue · ΔE 11.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 15.5Medium orchid · ΔE 19.9Royal blue · ΔE 20.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.5
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 2.81, a close match
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AED86B
Analogous#6B78D8, #CB6BD8
Triadic#D8956B, #6BD895
Split complementary#D8CB6B, #78D86B
Tetradic#D86B78, #AED86B, #6BD8CB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#ECE4F8
Lighter +20%#CFBCED
Lighter +10%#B293E3
Darker −10%#7843CD
Darker −20%#602EAF
Darker −30%#4A2387
Darker −40%#34195E
More saturated +25%#9054EF
Less saturated −25%#9A82C1

Channel breakdown

R149
G107
B216
Red149 (58.4%)
Green107 (42%)
Blue216 (84.7%)
Hue263.12°
Saturation (HSL)58.29%
Lightness63.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 95 · G 6B · B D8

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