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Recognised as Colour

#995ECA

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

#995ECA is a violet with RGB values 153, 94, 202 and HSL 273°, 50%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#995ECA#995ECA
HEX#995ECA
RGBrgb(153, 94, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.3686, 0.7922
RGB percentages60%, 36.9%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(272.8, 50.5%, 58%)
HSV / HSBhsv(272.8, 53.5%, 79.2%)
CMYK24.3%, 53.5%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,051,274
CSS custom property--colour: #995ECA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19042WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness129.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.81:1
Contrast with white4.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.81:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#727272
Inverted#66A135

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3C77CEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#4F79C7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.8 from the original
Tritanopia#92718Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.37:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 9.1Slate blue · ΔE 14.5Medium orchid · ΔE 15.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 17.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 18.6Orchid · ΔE 20.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 9.05, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8FCA5E
Analogous#635ECA, #CA5EC5
Triadic#CA995E, #5ECA99
Split complementary#C5CA5E, #5ECA63
Tetradic#CA635E, #8FCA5E, #5EC5CA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FAF7FD
Lighter +30%#E2D1F0
Lighter +20%#CAABE3
Lighter +10%#B184D7
Darker −10%#803DB8
Darker −20%#663092
Darker −30%#4B236C
Darker −40%#301745
More saturated +25%#9B43E5
Less saturated −25%#9779AF

Channel breakdown

R153
G94
B202
Red153 (60%)
Green94 (36.9%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue272.78°
Saturation (HSL)50.47%
Lightness58.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G 5E · B CA

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