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Recognised as Colour

#CA69E5

  • #CA69E5
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#CA69E5 is a violet with RGB values 202, 105, 229 and HSL 287°, 70%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#CA69E5#CA69E5
HEX#CA69E5
RGBrgb(202, 105, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.7922, 0.4118, 0.898
RGB percentages79.2%, 41.2%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(286.9, 70.5%, 65.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(286.9, 54.1%, 89.8%)
CMYK11.8%, 54.1%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,265,381
CSS custom property--colour: #CA69E5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28317WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness157 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.66:1
Contrast with white3.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.66:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#878787
Inverted#35961A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4F8BE9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#6F94E2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.5 from the original
Tritanopia#CA7C9Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.15:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 6.8Orchid · ΔE 13.1Violet · ΔE 14Medium purple · ΔE 21.2Dark orchid · ΔE 22.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 25.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 6.82, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#84E569
Analogous#8C69E5, #E569C2
Triadic#E5CA69, #69E5CA
Split complementary#C2E569, #69E58C
Tetradic#E58C69, #84E569, #69C2E5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F8EBFC
Lighter +20%#E9C0F4
Lighter +10%#D994ED
Darker −10%#BB3EDD
Darker −20%#A222C6
Darker −30%#7E1B9A
Darker −40%#5B136F
More saturated +25%#D653FB
Less saturated −25%#BE7FCF

Channel breakdown

R202
G105
B229
Red202 (79.2%)
Green105 (41.2%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue286.94°
Saturation (HSL)70.45%
Lightness65.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CA · G 69 · B E5

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