Recognised as Colour

#956DAF

#956DAF
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#956DAF is a violet with RGB values 149, 109, 175 and HSL 276°, 29%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#956DAF#956DAF

HEX#956DAF

RGBrgb(149, 109, 175)

RGB (0–1)0.5843, 0.4275, 0.6863

RGB percentages58.4%, 42.7%, 68.6%

HSLhsl(276.4, 29.2%, 55.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(276.4, 37.7%, 68.6%)

CMYK14.9%, 37.7%, 0%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,792,943

CSS custom property--colour: #956DAF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20422WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness130.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.08:1

Contrast with white4.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.08:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7A7A7A

Inverted#6A9250

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#617BB2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23 from the original

Deuteranopia#6A7EADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.7 from the original

Tritanopia#927686no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.13:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 22.6 Medium purple · ΔE 22.7 Dark slateblue · ΔE 25.2 Orchid · ΔE 29.3 Cornflower blue · ΔE 29.4 Rebecca purple · ΔE 30.2

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 22.61, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#87AF6D

Analogous#746DAF, #AF6DA8

Triadic#AF956D, #6DAF95

Split complementary#A8AF6D, #6DAF74

Tetradic#AF746D, #87AF6D, #6DA8AF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F5F1F7

Lighter +30%#DDD0E5

Lighter +20%#C5AFD3

Lighter +10%#AD8EC1

Darker −10%#7C5297

Darker −20%#614076

Darker −30%#462E55

Darker −40%#2A1C34

More saturated +25%#9B51CB

Less saturated −25%#8F8993

Channel breakdown

R149

G109

B175

Red149 (58.4%)

Green109 (42.7%)

Blue175 (68.6%)

Hue276.36°

Saturation (HSL)29.2%

Lightness55.69%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 95 · G 6D · B AF

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