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Recognised as Colour

#995FCE

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

#995FCE is a violet with RGB values 153, 95, 206 and HSL 271°, 53%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#995FCE#995FCE
HEX#995FCE
RGBrgb(153, 95, 206)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.3725, 0.8078
RGB percentages60%, 37.3%, 80.8%
HSLhsl(271.4, 53.1%, 59%)
HSV / HSBhsv(271.4, 53.9%, 80.8%)
CMYK25.7%, 53.9%, 0%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,051,534
CSS custom property--colour: #995FCE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19413WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness130.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.88:1
Contrast with white4.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.88:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#737373
Inverted#66A031

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3A78D2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#4D7ACBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.9 from the original
Tritanopia#90738Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.3:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 8.8Slate blue · ΔE 13.8Medium orchid · ΔE 14.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 17.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 18.4Orchid · ΔE 21.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 8.81, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#94CE5F
Analogous#625FCE, #CE5FCC
Triadic#CE995F, #5FCE99
Split complementary#CCCE5F, #5FCE62
Tetradic#CE625F, #94CE5F, #5FCCCE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FDFBFE
Lighter +30%#E4D4F2
Lighter +20%#CBADE6
Lighter +10%#B286DA
Darker −10%#803BBF
Darker −20%#662F98
Darker −30%#4C2371
Darker −40%#32174A
More saturated +25%#9A45E8
Less saturated −25%#9879B4

Channel breakdown

R153
G95
B206
Red153 (60%)
Green95 (37.3%)
Blue206 (80.8%)
Hue271.35°
Saturation (HSL)53.11%
Lightness59.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G 5F · B CE

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