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Recognised as Colour

#995BAD

  • #995BAD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#995BAD is a violet with RGB values 153, 91, 173 and HSL 285°, 33%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#995BAD#995BAD
HEX#995BAD
RGBrgb(153, 91, 173)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.3569, 0.6784
RGB percentages60%, 35.7%, 67.8%
HSLhsl(285.4, 33.3%, 51.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(285.4, 47.4%, 67.8%)
CMYK11.6%, 47.4%, 0%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,050,477
CSS custom property--colour: #995BAD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17272WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness123.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.71:1
Contrast with white4.71:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6E6E6E
Inverted#66A452

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4C6FB0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#5E75ABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.2 from the original
Tritanopia#99667Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.71:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.45:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 17.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 21Orchid · ΔE 21.3Dark slateblue · ΔE 23.8Medium orchid · ΔE 24.5Slate blue · ΔE 24.5
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 17.77, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6FAD5B
Analogous#705BAD, #AD5B98
Triadic#AD995B, #5BAD99
Split complementary#98AD5B, #5BAD70
Tetradic#AD705B, #6FAD5B, #5B98AD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EEE3F1
Lighter +30%#D8C1E0
Lighter +20%#C39FCF
Lighter +10%#AE7DBE
Darker −10%#7D478E
Darker −20%#5F366C
Darker −30%#41254A
Darker −40%#231428
More saturated +25%#A93CCC
Less saturated −25%#897A8E

Channel breakdown

R153
G91
B173
Red153 (60%)
Green91 (35.7%)
Blue173 (67.8%)
Hue285.37°
Saturation (HSL)33.33%
Lightness51.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G 5B · B AD

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