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Recognised as Colour

#956D99

  • #956D99
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#956D99 is a magenta with RGB values 149, 109, 153 and HSL 295°, 18%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#956D99#956D99
HEX#956D99
RGBrgb(149, 109, 153)
RGB (0–1)0.5843, 0.4275, 0.6
RGB percentages58.4%, 42.7%, 60%
HSLhsl(294.5, 17.7%, 51.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(294.5, 28.8%, 60%)
CMYK2.6%, 28.8%, 0%, 40%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,792,921
CSS custom property--colour: #956D99;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19627WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness127.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.93:1
Contrast with white4.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.93:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#797979
Inverted#6A9266

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#69789Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#727C97no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.3 from the original
Tritanopia#97717Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.26:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 24Slate grey · ΔE 26.9Light slate grey · ΔE 27.2Rosy brown · ΔE 28Gray · ΔE 29.7Pale violetred · ΔE 29.7
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 24.04, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#71996D
Analogous#7F6D99, #996D87
Triadic#99956D, #6D9995
Split complementary#87996D, #6D997F
Tetradic#997F6D, #71996D, #6D8799

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ECE5ED
Lighter +30%#D6C7D8
Lighter +20%#C1A9C3
Lighter +10%#AB8BAE
Darker −10%#79577C
Darker −20%#5C425E
Darker −30%#3E2D40
Darker −40%#211822
More saturated +25%#AE4EB8
Less saturated −25%#838383

Channel breakdown

R149
G109
B153
Red149 (58.4%)
Green109 (42.7%)
Blue153 (60%)
Hue294.55°
Saturation (HSL)17.74%
Lightness51.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 95 · G 6D · B 99

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