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Recognised as Colour

#CA46EA

  • #CA46EA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#CA46EA is a violet with RGB values 202, 70, 234 and HSL 288°, 80%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#CA46EA#CA46EA
HEX#CA46EA
RGBrgb(202, 70, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.7922, 0.2745, 0.9176
RGB percentages79.2%, 27.5%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(288.3, 79.6%, 59.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(288.3, 70.1%, 91.8%)
CMYK13.7%, 70.1%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,256,426
CSS custom property--colour: #CA46EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22877WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness146 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.58:1
Contrast with white3.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.58:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6E6E6E
Inverted#35B915

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#007BEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 58.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#5188E6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 62.2 from the original
Tritanopia#CA6694no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.77:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 14.2Medium orchid · ΔE 17.8Dark violet · ΔE 19.9Blue violet · ΔE 21.2Fuchsia · ΔE 25.7Magenta · ΔE 25.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 14.22, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#66EA46
Analogous#7846EA, #EA46B8
Triadic#EACA46, #46EACA
Split complementary#B8EA46, #46EA78
Tetradic#EA7846, #66EA46, #46B8EA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FEFDFF
Lighter +30%#F1CFFA
Lighter +20%#E4A2F4
Lighter +10%#D774EF
Darker −10%#BC1AE3
Darker −20%#9615B5
Darker −30%#700F88
Darker −40%#4A0A5A
More saturated +25%#D731FF
Less saturated −25%#BA60D0

Channel breakdown

R202
G70
B234
Red202 (79.2%)
Green70 (27.5%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue288.29°
Saturation (HSL)79.61%
Lightness59.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CA · G 46 · B EA

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