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Recognised as Colour

#965ECD

  • #965ECD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#965ECD is a violet with RGB values 150, 94, 205 and HSL 270°, 53%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#965ECD#965ECD
HEX#965ECD
RGBrgb(150, 94, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.3686, 0.8039
RGB percentages58.8%, 36.9%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(270.3, 52.6%, 58.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270.3, 54.1%, 80.4%)
CMYK26.8%, 54.1%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,854,669
CSS custom property--colour: #965ECD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18897WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness129.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.78:1
Contrast with white4.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.78:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#727272
Inverted#69A132

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3877D1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#4A79CAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.7 from the original
Tritanopia#8D738Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.39:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 8.6Slate blue · ΔE 13Medium orchid · ΔE 15.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 16.6Rebecca purple · ΔE 17.8Orchid · ΔE 22.1
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 8.64, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#95CD5E
Analogous#5E5ECD, #CD5ECD
Triadic#CD965E, #5ECD96
Split complementary#CDCD5E, #5ECD5E
Tetradic#CD5E5E, #95CD5E, #5ECDCD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FCFAFD
Lighter +30%#E2D3F1
Lighter +20%#C9ACE5
Lighter +10%#AF85D9
Darker −10%#7D3BBD
Darker −20%#632F96
Darker −30%#49236F
Darker −40%#301748
More saturated +25%#9644E7
Less saturated −25%#9678B3

Channel breakdown

R150
G94
B205
Red150 (58.8%)
Green94 (36.9%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue270.27°
Saturation (HSL)52.61%
Lightness58.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 96 · G 5E · B CD

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