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Colour

#956FDB

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

#956FDB is a violet with RGB values 149, 111, 219 and HSL 261°, 60%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#956FDB#956FDB
HEX#956FDB
RGBrgb(149, 111, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.5843, 0.4353, 0.8588
RGB percentages58.4%, 43.5%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(261.1, 60%, 64.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261.1, 49.3%, 85.9%)
CMYK32%, 49.3%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,793,499
CSS custom property--colour: #956FDB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22873WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness139.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.57:1
Contrast with white3.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.57:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7F7F7F
Inverted#6A9024

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4A84DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#5382D8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.4 from the original
Tritanopia#86849Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.77:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 1.1Slate blue · ΔE 12.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 15.8Royal blue · ΔE 20.4Medium orchid · ΔE 21.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 22.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 1.09, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B5DB6F
Analogous#6F7FDB, #CB6FDB
Triadic#DB956F, #6FDB95
Split complementary#DBCB6F, #7FDB6F
Tetradic#DB6F7F, #B5DB6F, #6FDBCB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EFE9FA
Lighter +20%#D1C1EF
Lighter +10%#B398E5
Darker −10%#7746D1
Darker −20%#5E2EB6
Darker −30%#49238E
Darker −40%#341965
More saturated +25%#8E58F2
Less saturated −25%#9C85C4

Channel breakdown

R149
G111
B219
Red149 (58.4%)
Green111 (43.5%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue261.11°
Saturation (HSL)60%
Lightness64.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 95 · G 6F · B DB

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