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Recognised as Colour

#995BD7

  • #995BD7
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#995BD7 is a violet with RGB values 153, 91, 215 and HSL 270°, 61%, 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 orchid.

Colour values

#995BD7#995BD7
HEX#995BD7
RGBrgb(153, 91, 215)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.3569, 0.8431
RGB percentages60%, 35.7%, 84.3%
HSLhsl(270, 60.8%, 60%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270, 57.7%, 84.3%)
CMYK28.8%, 57.7%, 0%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,050,519
CSS custom property--colour: #995BD7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19161WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness130.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.83:1
Contrast with white4.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.83:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#717171
Inverted#66A428

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2678DBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#4179D4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.4 from the original
Tritanopia#8E7390no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.8 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 text4.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 12.6Medium purple · ΔE 13.5Medium slateblue · ΔE 13.6Slate blue · ΔE 14.4Dark orchid · ΔE 18.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 20.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 12.61, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#99D75B
Analogous#5B5BD7, #D75BD7
Triadic#D7995B, #5BD799
Split complementary#D7D75B, #5BD75B
Tetradic#D75B5B, #99D75B, #5BD7D7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E6D6F5
Lighter +20%#CCADEB
Lighter +10%#B384E1
Darker −10%#8032CD
Darker −20%#6628A4
Darker −30%#4D1E7B
Darker −40%#331452
More saturated +25%#9942F1
Less saturated −25%#9975BE

Channel breakdown

R153
G91
B215
Red153 (60%)
Green91 (35.7%)
Blue215 (84.3%)
Hue270°
Saturation (HSL)60.78%
Lightness60%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G 5B · B D7

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