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Recognised as Colour

#9581BD

  • #9581BD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#9581BD is a violet with RGB values 149, 129, 189 and HSL 260°, 31%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#9581BD#9581BD
HEX#9581BD
RGBrgb(149, 129, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.5843, 0.5059, 0.7412
RGB percentages58.4%, 50.6%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(260, 31.3%, 62.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260, 31.7%, 74.1%)
CMYK21.2%, 31.7%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,798,077
CSS custom property--colour: #9581BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25764WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness143.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.15:1
Contrast with white3.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.15:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A
Inverted#6A7E42

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#738BBFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#778ABBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.8 from the original
Tritanopia#8E8A97no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.41:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 21Cornflower blue · ΔE 23.7Steel blue · ΔE 25Medium purple · ΔE 27.3Light slate grey · ΔE 28.5Slate grey · ΔE 29.1
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 20.99, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A9BD81
Analogous#818BBD, #B381BD
Triadic#BD9581, #81BD95
Split complementary#BDB381, #8BBD81
Tetradic#BD818B, #A9BD81, #81BDB3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E9E5F2
Lighter +20%#CDC4E0
Lighter +10%#B1A2CF
Darker −10%#7960AB
Darker −20%#614A8E
Darker −30%#4A396C
Darker −40%#33274B
More saturated +25%#8D69D5
Less saturated −25%#9D99A5

Channel breakdown

R149
G129
B189
Red149 (58.4%)
Green129 (50.6%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue260°
Saturation (HSL)31.25%
Lightness62.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 95 · G 81 · B BD

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