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Recognised as Colour

#995EB5

  • #995EB5
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium purple

#995EB5 is a violet with RGB values 153, 94, 181 and HSL 281°, 37%, 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

#995EB5#995EB5
HEX#995EB5
RGBrgb(153, 94, 181)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.3686, 0.7098
RGB percentages60%, 36.9%, 71%
HSLhsl(280.7, 37%, 53.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.7, 48.1%, 71%)
CMYK15.5%, 48.1%, 0%, 29%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,051,253
CSS custom property--colour: #995EB5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18114WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness126.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.62:1
Contrast with white4.54:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.62:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#717171
Inverted#66A14A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4C73B8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#5C78B3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.1 from the original
Tritanopia#976B81no 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 text4.54:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 14.6Rebecca purple · ΔE 20Orchid · ΔE 20.7Slate blue · ΔE 21.7Medium orchid · ΔE 22.6Dark slateblue · ΔE 23.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 14.61, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7AB55E
Analogous#6D5EB5, #B55EA6
Triadic#B5995E, #5EB599
Split complementary#A6B55E, #5EB56E
Tetradic#B56E5E, #7AB55E, #5EA6B5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F2EAF5
Lighter +30%#DBC7E5
Lighter +20%#C5A4D5
Lighter +10%#AF81C5
Darker −10%#7F4799
Darker −20%#623677
Darker −30%#452654
Darker −40%#281631
More saturated +25%#A341D2
Less saturated −25%#8F7B98

Channel breakdown

R153
G94
B181
Red153 (60%)
Green94 (36.9%)
Blue181 (71%)
Hue280.69°
Saturation (HSL)37.02%
Lightness53.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G 5E · B B5

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