Colour

#956CA8

#956CA8
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#956CA8 is a violet with RGB values 149, 108, 168 and HSL 281°, 26%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#956CA8#956CA8

HEX#956CA8

RGBrgb(149, 108, 168)

RGB (0–1)0.5843, 0.4235, 0.6588

RGB percentages58.4%, 42.4%, 65.9%

HSLhsl(281, 25.6%, 54.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(281, 35.7%, 65.9%)

CMYK11.3%, 35.7%, 0%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,792,680

CSS custom property--colour: #956CA8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19942WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness129.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.99:1

Contrast with white4.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.99:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#797979

Inverted#6A9357

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6279AAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23 from the original

Deuteranopia#6C7DA6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.6 from the original

Tritanopia#947482no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.21:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 22.5 Medium purple · ΔE 26.1 Dark slateblue · ΔE 26.5 Orchid · ΔE 31.1 Cornflower blue · ΔE 31.3 Steel blue · ΔE 32.2

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 22.52, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#7FA86C

Analogous#776CA8, #A86C9D

Triadic#A8956C, #6CA895

Split complementary#9DA86C, #6CA877

Tetradic#A8776C, #7FA86C, #6C9DA8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#F1ECF4

Lighter +30%#DACCE1

Lighter +20%#C3ACCE

Lighter +10%#AC8CBB

Darker −10%#7B548D

Darker −20%#5F416D

Darker −30%#432E4D

Darker −40%#271B2D

More saturated +25%#A04FC5

Less saturated −25%#8A898B

Channel breakdown

R149

G108

B168

Red149 (58.4%)

Green108 (42.4%)

Blue168 (65.9%)

Hue281°

Saturation (HSL)25.64%

Lightness54.12%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 95 · G 6C · B A8

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Colour values

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