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Recognised as Colour

#958FEE

  • #958FEE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#958FEE is a blue with RGB values 149, 143, 238 and HSL 244°, 74%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#958FEE#958FEE
HEX#958FEE
RGBrgb(149, 143, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.5843, 0.5608, 0.9333
RGB percentages58.4%, 56.1%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(243.8, 73.6%, 74.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(243.8, 39.9%, 93.3%)
CMYK37.4%, 39.9%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,801,710
CSS custom property--colour: #958FEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32208WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.44:1
Contrast with white2.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#979797
Inverted#6A7011

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6F9DF2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16 from the original
Deuteranopia#6D97ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.8 from the original
Tritanopia#7DA1B3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.82:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 15.3Cornflower blue · ΔE 15.4Dodgerblue · ΔE 22.2Slate blue · ΔE 24Royal blue · ΔE 24Medium slateblue · ΔE 27.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 15.29, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E8EE8F
Analogous#8FB9EE, #C58FEE
Triadic#EE958F, #8FEE95
Split complementary#EEC48F, #B9EE8F
Tetradic#EE8FB8, #E8EE8F, #8FEEC4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E9E8FB
Lighter +10%#BFBBF5
Darker −10%#6B63E7
Darker −20%#4136E1
Darker −30%#291EC6
Darker −40%#20179A
More saturated +25%#877FFE
Less saturated −25%#A39FDE

Channel breakdown

R149
G143
B238
Red149 (58.4%)
Green143 (56.1%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue243.79°
Saturation (HSL)73.64%
Lightness74.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 95 · G 8F · B EE

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