Recognised as Colour

#995CDA

#995CDA
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium slateblue

#995CDA is a violet with RGB values 153, 92, 218 and HSL 269°, 63%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium slateblue.

Colour values

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HEX#995CDA

RGBrgb(153, 92, 218)

RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.3608, 0.8549

RGB percentages60%, 36.1%, 85.5%

HSLhsl(269, 63%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(269, 57.8%, 85.5%)

CMYK29.8%, 57.8%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,050,778

CSS custom property--colour: #995CDA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19489WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness131.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.9:1

Contrast with white4.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.9:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#727272

Inverted#66A325

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2479DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#3F7AD7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.4 from the original

Tritanopia#8D7592no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.29:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium slateblue · ΔE 12.8 Medium orchid · ΔE 13 Medium purple · ΔE 13.9 Slate blue · ΔE 14.5 Dark orchid · ΔE 18.5 Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.1

Nearest named CSS colourMedium slateblue (#7B68EE)ΔE 12.82, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9DDA5C

Analogous#5C5EDA, #D85CDA

Triadic#DA995C, #5CDA99

Split complementary#DAD85C, #5EDA5C

Tetradic#DA5C5E, #9DDA5C, #5CDAD8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E7D9F6

Lighter +20%#CDAFED

Lighter +10%#B386E3

Darker −10%#7F32D1

Darker −20%#6626AA

Darker −30%#4D1D80

Darker −40%#341456

More saturated +25%#9843F3

Less saturated −25%#9A75C1

Channel breakdown

R153

G92

B218

Red153 (60%)

Green92 (36.1%)

Blue218 (85.5%)

Hue269.05°

Saturation (HSL)63%

Lightness60.78%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 99 · G 5C · B DA

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