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Recognised as Colour

#CA61EC

  • #CA61EC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#CA61EC is a violet with RGB values 202, 97, 236 and HSL 285°, 79%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#CA61EC#CA61EC
HEX#CA61EC
RGBrgb(202, 97, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.7922, 0.3804, 0.9255
RGB percentages79.2%, 38%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(285.3, 78.5%, 65.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(285.3, 58.9%, 92.5%)
CMYK14.4%, 58.9%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,263,340
CSS custom property--colour: #CA61EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27162WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.43:1
Contrast with white3.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.43:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#818181
Inverted#359E13

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3B88F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#6492E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53 from the original
Tritanopia#C9789Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.26:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 8.2Dark orchid · ΔE 17.7Orchid · ΔE 19.9Violet · ΔE 19.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 25.7Medium purple · ΔE 26
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 8.24, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#83EC61
Analogous#8561EC, #EC61C8
Triadic#ECCA61, #61ECCA
Split complementary#C8EC61, #61EC85
Tetradic#EC8561, #83EC61, #61C8EC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F8EAFC
Lighter +20%#E9BCF7
Lighter +10%#D98FF1
Darker −10%#BB33E7
Darker −20%#A219CE
Darker −30%#7E13A1
Darker −40%#5A0E73
More saturated +25%#D44EFF
Less saturated −25%#BF77D6

Channel breakdown

R202
G97
B236
Red202 (79.2%)
Green97 (38%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue285.32°
Saturation (HSL)78.53%
Lightness65.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CA · G 61 · B EC

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