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Recognised as Colour

#956DCB

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

#956DCB is a violet with RGB values 149, 109, 203 and HSL 266°, 47%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#956DCB#956DCB
HEX#956DCB
RGBrgb(149, 109, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.5843, 0.4275, 0.7961
RGB percentages58.4%, 42.7%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(265.5, 47.5%, 61.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(265.5, 46.3%, 79.6%)
CMYK26.6%, 46.3%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,792,971
CSS custom property--colour: #956DCB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21639WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness135.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.33:1
Contrast with white3.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.33:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7C7C7C
Inverted#6A9234

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#527FCEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#5C80C9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.5 from the original
Tritanopia#8B7E92no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.94:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 7.3Slate blue · ΔE 16.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 22.5Medium slateblue · ΔE 23.1Orchid · ΔE 23.9Medium orchid · ΔE 24.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 7.31, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A3CB6D
Analogous#6D74CB, #C46DCB
Triadic#CB956D, #6DCB95
Split complementary#CBC46D, #74CB6D
Tetradic#CB6D74, #A3CB6D, #6DCBC4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E7DEF3
Lighter +20%#CCB8E6
Lighter +10%#B093D8
Darker −10%#7A47BE
Darker −20%#62379B
Darker −30%#4A2A75
Darker −40%#321C50
More saturated +25%#9154E4
Less saturated −25%#9986B2

Channel breakdown

R149
G109
B203
Red149 (58.4%)
Green109 (42.7%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue265.53°
Saturation (HSL)47.47%
Lightness61.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 95 · G 6D · B CB

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