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Recognised as Colour

#CA6AEF

  • #CA6AEF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#CA6AEF is a violet with RGB values 202, 106, 239 and HSL 283°, 81%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#CA6AEF#CA6AEF
HEX#CA6AEF
RGBrgb(202, 106, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.7922, 0.4157, 0.9373
RGB percentages79.2%, 41.6%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(283.3, 80.6%, 67.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(283.3, 55.6%, 93.7%)
CMYK15.5%, 55.6%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,265,647
CSS custom property--colour: #CA6AEF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29097WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness159.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.82:1
Contrast with white3.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.82:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#888888
Inverted#359510

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#488DF3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#6A96ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.1 from the original
Tritanopia#C880A3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.08:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 8.3Violet · ΔE 17.3Orchid · ΔE 17.6Dark orchid · ΔE 20.5Medium purple · ΔE 22.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 24
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 8.34, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8FEF6A
Analogous#886AEF, #EF6AD1
Triadic#EFCA6A, #6AEFCA
Split complementary#D2EF6A, #6AEF88
Tetradic#EF886A, #8FEF6A, #6AD1EF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBF4FE
Lighter +20%#EBC6F9
Lighter +10%#DA98F4
Darker −10%#BA3CEA
Darker −20%#A518DB
Darker −30%#8213AD
Darker −40%#600E7F
More saturated +25%#D15AFF
Less saturated −25%#C17FDA

Channel breakdown

R202
G106
B239
Red202 (79.2%)
Green106 (41.6%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue283.31°
Saturation (HSL)80.61%
Lightness67.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CA · G 6A · B EF

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