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Recognised as Colour

#995EB4

  • #995EB4
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#995EB4 is a violet with RGB values 153, 94, 180 and HSL 281°, 36%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#995EB4#995EB4
HEX#995EB4
RGBrgb(153, 94, 180)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.3686, 0.7059
RGB percentages60%, 36.9%, 70.6%
HSLhsl(281.2, 36.4%, 53.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(281.2, 47.8%, 70.6%)
CMYK15%, 47.8%, 0%, 29.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,051,252
CSS custom property--colour: #995EB4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18073WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness126 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.61:1
Contrast with white4.55:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.61:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#717171
Inverted#66A14B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4C72B7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#5D77B2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.3 from the original
Tritanopia#976B80no 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 text4.55:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 15.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 20.3Orchid · ΔE 20.8Slate blue · ΔE 22.2Medium orchid · ΔE 23.1Dark slateblue · ΔE 23.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 15.05, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#79B45E
Analogous#6E5EB4, #B45EA4
Triadic#B4995E, #5EB499
Split complementary#A4B45E, #5EB46E
Tetradic#B46E5E, #79B45E, #5EA4B4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1E9F5
Lighter +30%#DBC6E5
Lighter +20%#C5A4D4
Lighter +10%#AF81C4
Darker −10%#7F4798
Darker −20%#623775
Darker −30%#452653
Darker −40%#281630
More saturated +25%#A441D2
Less saturated −25%#8E7C97

Channel breakdown

R153
G94
B180
Red153 (60%)
Green94 (36.9%)
Blue180 (70.6%)
Hue281.16°
Saturation (HSL)36.44%
Lightness53.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G 5E · B B4

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