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Recognised as Colour

#995DB4

  • #995DB4
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#995DB4 is a violet with RGB values 153, 93, 180 and HSL 281°, 37%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

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HEX#995DB4
RGBrgb(153, 93, 180)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.3647, 0.7059
RGB percentages60%, 36.5%, 70.6%
HSLhsl(281.4, 36.7%, 53.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(281.4, 48.3%, 70.6%)
CMYK15%, 48.3%, 0%, 29.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,050,996
CSS custom property--colour: #995DB4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17896WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness125.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.59:1
Contrast with white4.59:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.58:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#707070
Inverted#66A24B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4B72B7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#5C77B2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.2 from the original
Tritanopia#976A80no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.59:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 14.9Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.8Orchid · ΔE 20.6Slate blue · ΔE 21.9Medium orchid · ΔE 22.5Dark slateblue · ΔE 23.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 14.92, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#78B45D
Analogous#6D5DB4, #B45DA4
Triadic#B4995D, #5DB499
Split complementary#A4B45D, #5DB46D
Tetradic#B46D5D, #78B45D, #5DA4B4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1E8F5
Lighter +30%#DBC6E4
Lighter +20%#C5A3D4
Lighter +10%#AF80C4
Darker −10%#7E4698
Darker −20%#613675
Darker −30%#442652
Darker −40%#27162F
More saturated +25%#A43FD2
Less saturated −25%#8E7B96

Channel breakdown

R153
G93
B180
Red153 (60%)
Green93 (36.5%)
Blue180 (70.6%)
Hue281.38°
Saturation (HSL)36.71%
Lightness53.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G 5D · B B4

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