Recognised as Colour

#CA6DFD

#CA6DFD
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium orchid

#CA6DFD is a violet with RGB values 202, 109, 253 and HSL 279°, 97%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

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HEX#CA6DFD

RGBrgb(202, 109, 253)

RGB (0–1)0.7922, 0.4275, 0.9922

RGB percentages79.2%, 42.7%, 99.2%

HSLhsl(278.8, 97.3%, 71%)

HSV / HSBhsv(278.8, 56.9%, 99.2%)

CMYK20.2%, 56.9%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,266,429

CSS custom property--colour: #CA6DFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30586WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness162.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.12:1

Contrast with white2.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B

Inverted#359202

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3F92FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#6398F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.9 from the original

Tritanopia#C487ABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.95:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 13 Dark orchid · ΔE 19.7 Violet · ΔE 22.1 Medium slateblue · ΔE 23 Orchid · ΔE 23.3 Medium purple · ΔE 25.4

Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 13.04, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#A0FD6D

Analogous#826DFD, #FD6DE8

Triadic#FDCA6D, #6DFDCA

Split complementary#E8FD6D, #6DFD82

Tetradic#FD826D, #A0FD6D, #6DE8FD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#EFD2FE

Lighter +10%#DC9FFE

Darker −10%#B83BFC

Darker −20%#A508FC

Darker −30%#8603CE

Darker −40%#65029C

More saturated +25%#CB6BFF

Less saturated −25%#C580EB

Channel breakdown

R202

G109

B253

Red202 (79.2%)

Green109 (42.7%)

Blue253 (99.2%)

Hue278.75°

Saturation (HSL)97.3%

Lightness70.98%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR CA · G 6D · B FD

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