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Recognised as Colour

#975DD3

  • #975DD3
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#975DD3 is a violet with RGB values 151, 93, 211 and HSL 269°, 57%, 60%. 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

#975DD3#975DD3
HEX#975DD3
RGBrgb(151, 93, 211)
RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.3647, 0.8275
RGB percentages59.2%, 36.5%, 82.7%
HSLhsl(269.5, 57.3%, 59.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(269.5, 55.9%, 82.7%)
CMYK28.4%, 55.9%, 0%, 17.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,919,955
CSS custom property--colour: #975DD3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19111WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness130.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.82:1
Contrast with white4.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.82:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#727272
Inverted#68A22C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2F77D7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35 from the original
Deuteranopia#4579D0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.7 from the original
Tritanopia#8C748Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.35:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 10.7Slate blue · ΔE 13Medium orchid · ΔE 13.8Medium slateblue · ΔE 14.3Rebecca purple · ΔE 18.9Dark orchid · ΔE 21.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 10.66, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#99D35D
Analogous#5D5ED3, #D25DD3
Triadic#D3975D, #5DD397
Split complementary#D3D25D, #5ED35D
Tetradic#D35D5E, #99D35D, #5DD3D2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FEFDFF
Lighter +30%#E4D5F4
Lighter +20%#CAADE9
Lighter +10%#B185DE
Darker −10%#7D36C7
Darker −20%#642B9F
Darker −30%#4B2077
Darker −40%#32154F
More saturated +25%#9743ED
Less saturated −25%#9777B9

Channel breakdown

R151
G93
B211
Red151 (59.2%)
Green93 (36.5%)
Blue211 (82.7%)
Hue269.49°
Saturation (HSL)57.28%
Lightness59.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 97 · G 5D · B D3

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