Recognised as Colour

#975CD0

#975CD0
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#975CD0 is a violet with RGB values 151, 92, 208 and HSL 271°, 55%, 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

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HEX#975CD0

RGBrgb(151, 92, 208)

RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.3608, 0.8157

RGB percentages59.2%, 36.1%, 81.6%

HSLhsl(270.5, 55.2%, 58.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(270.5, 55.8%, 81.6%)

CMYK27.4%, 55.8%, 0%, 18.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,919,696

CSS custom property--colour: #975CD0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18788WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness129.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.76:1

Contrast with white4.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.76:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#717171

Inverted#68A32F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3176D4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#4678CDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.8 from the original

Tritanopia#8D728Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.41:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 10.5 Slate blue · ΔE 13.2 Medium orchid · ΔE 13.7 Medium slateblue · ΔE 15.3 Rebecca purple · ΔE 18.3 Dark orchid · ΔE 22.1

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 10.5, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#95D05C

Analogous#5D5CD0, #D05CCF

Triadic#D0975C, #5CD097

Split complementary#CFD05C, #5CD05D

Tetradic#D05D5C, #95D05C, #5CCFD0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FCFAFE

Lighter +30%#E3D3F2

Lighter +20%#CAABE7

Lighter +10%#B084DB

Darker −10%#7E38C1

Darker −20%#642C9A

Darker −30%#4A2172

Darker −40%#30154B

More saturated +25%#9742EA

Less saturated −25%#9776B6

Channel breakdown

R151

G92

B208

Red151 (59.2%)

Green92 (36.1%)

Blue208 (81.6%)

Hue270.52°

Saturation (HSL)55.24%

Lightness58.82%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 97 · G 5C · B D0

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