Recognised as Colour

#995EBC

#995EBC
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#995EBC is a violet with RGB values 153, 94, 188 and HSL 278°, 41%, 55%. 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

#995EBC#995EBC

HEX#995EBC

RGBrgb(153, 94, 188)

RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.3686, 0.7373

RGB percentages60%, 36.9%, 73.7%

HSLhsl(277.7, 41.2%, 55.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(277.7, 50%, 73.7%)

CMYK18.6%, 50%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,051,260

CSS custom property--colour: #995EBC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18409WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness127.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.68:1

Contrast with white4.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.68:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#717171

Inverted#66A143

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4774BFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33 from the original

Deuteranopia#5878BAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.4 from the original

Tritanopia#956D84no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.49:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 11.8 Rebecca purple · ΔE 18.5 Slate blue · ΔE 18.8 Medium orchid · ΔE 19.7 Orchid · ΔE 20 Dark slateblue · ΔE 24.4

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 11.81, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#81BC5E

Analogous#6A5EBC, #BC5EB0

Triadic#BC995E, #5EBC99

Split complementary#B0BC5E, #5EBC6A

Tetradic#BC6A5E, #81BC5E, #5EB0BC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F4EEF8

Lighter +30%#DDCAE9

Lighter +20%#C7A6DA

Lighter +10%#B082CB

Darker −10%#8044A3

Darker −20%#63357F

Darker −30%#47265B

Darker −40%#2B1737

More saturated +25%#A042D9

Less saturated −25%#927BA0

Channel breakdown

R153

G94

B188

Red153 (60%)

Green94 (36.9%)

Blue188 (73.7%)

Hue277.66°

Saturation (HSL)41.23%

Lightness55.29%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 99 · G 5E · B BC

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