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Recognised as Colour

#CA71DC

  • #CA71DC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Orchid

#CA71DC is a violet with RGB values 202, 113, 220 and HSL 290°, 60%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orchid.

Colour values

#CA71DC#CA71DC
HEX#CA71DC
RGBrgb(202, 113, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.7922, 0.4431, 0.8627
RGB percentages79.2%, 44.3%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(289.9, 60.5%, 65.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(289.9, 48.6%, 86.3%)
CMYK8.2%, 48.6%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,267,420
CSS custom property--colour: #CA71DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29534WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.91:1
Contrast with white3.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.91:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8C8C8C
Inverted#358E23

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#608EE0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#7A97D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.5 from the original
Tritanopia#CC7F9Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.04:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orchid · ΔE 7.3Violet · ΔE 10.4Medium orchid · ΔE 12.9Medium purple · ΔE 18.6Slate blue · ΔE 28.2Medium slateblue · ΔE 28.6
Nearest named CSS colourOrchid (#DA70D6)ΔE 7.27, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#83DC71
Analogous#9471DC, #DC71B9
Triadic#DCCA71, #71DCCA
Split complementary#B9DC71, #71DC94
Tetradic#DC9471, #83DC71, #71B9DC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F8ECFA
Lighter +20%#E9C3F0
Lighter +10%#D99AE6
Darker −10%#BB48D2
Darker −20%#A22EB9
Darker −30%#7E2490
Darker −40%#5A1A67
More saturated +25%#D95BF2
Less saturated −25%#BB87C6

Channel breakdown

R202
G113
B220
Red202 (79.2%)
Green113 (44.3%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue289.91°
Saturation (HSL)60.45%
Lightness65.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CA · G 71 · B DC

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