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Recognised as Colour

#995CCA

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

#995CCA is a violet with RGB values 153, 92, 202 and HSL 273°, 51%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#995CCA#995CCA
HEX#995CCA
RGBrgb(153, 92, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.3608, 0.7922
RGB percentages60%, 36.1%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(273.3, 50.9%, 57.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273.3, 54.5%, 79.2%)
CMYK24.3%, 54.5%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,050,762
CSS custom property--colour: #995CCA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18691WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness128.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.74:1
Contrast with white4.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.74:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#717171
Inverted#66A335

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3875CEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#4D78C7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.7 from the original
Tritanopia#92708Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.43:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 10Medium orchid · ΔE 14.1Slate blue · ΔE 14.5Rebecca purple · ΔE 17.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 18.2Orchid · ΔE 20.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 9.97, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8DCA5C
Analogous#625CCA, #CA5CC4
Triadic#CA995C, #5CCA99
Split complementary#C4CA5C, #5CCA62
Tetradic#CA625C, #8DCA5C, #5CC4CA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F9F6FC
Lighter +30%#E1CFF0
Lighter +20%#C9A9E3
Lighter +10%#B182D7
Darker −10%#803CB7
Darker −20%#652F91
Darker −30%#4A236A
Darker −40%#2F1644
More saturated +25%#9C41E5
Less saturated −25%#9677AF

Channel breakdown

R153
G92
B202
Red153 (60%)
Green92 (36.1%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue273.27°
Saturation (HSL)50.93%
Lightness57.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G 5C · B CA

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