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Recognised as Colour

#957ABA

  • #957ABA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#957ABA is a violet with RGB values 149, 122, 186 and HSL 265°, 32%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#957ABA#957ABA
HEX#957ABA
RGBrgb(149, 122, 186)
RGB (0–1)0.5843, 0.4784, 0.7294
RGB percentages58.4%, 47.8%, 72.9%
HSLhsl(265.3, 31.7%, 60.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(265.3, 34.4%, 72.9%)
CMYK19.9%, 34.4%, 0%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,796,282
CSS custom property--colour: #957ABA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23854WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness139 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.77:1
Contrast with white3.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.77:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#848484
Inverted#6A8545

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6C85BDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#7186B8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.3 from the original
Tritanopia#8F8491no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.64:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 21.2Medium purple · ΔE 24.3Cornflower blue · ΔE 24.8Steel blue · ΔE 27.8Dark slateblue · ΔE 28.1Light slate grey · ΔE 31.8
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 21.16, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9FBA7A
Analogous#7A7FBA, #B57ABA
Triadic#BA957A, #7ABA95
Split complementary#BAB57A, #7FBA7A
Tetradic#BA7A7F, #9FBA7A, #7ABAB5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E5DFEE
Lighter +20%#CBBDDD
Lighter +10%#B09CCB
Darker −10%#7A58A9
Darker −20%#624688
Darker −30%#4A3566
Darker −40%#312444
More saturated +25%#9161D3
Less saturated −25%#9993A1

Channel breakdown

R149
G122
B186
Red149 (58.4%)
Green122 (47.8%)
Blue186 (72.9%)
Hue265.31°
Saturation (HSL)31.68%
Lightness60.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 95 · G 7A · B BA

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