Recognised as Colour

#CA8EE0

#CA8EE0
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#CA8EE0 is a violet with RGB values 202, 142, 224 and HSL 284°, 57%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#CA8EE0#CA8EE0

HEX#CA8EE0

RGBrgb(202, 142, 224)

RGB (0–1)0.7922, 0.5569, 0.8784

RGB percentages79.2%, 55.7%, 87.8%

HSLhsl(283.9, 56.9%, 71.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(283.9, 36.6%, 87.8%)

CMYK9.8%, 36.6%, 0%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,274,848

CSS custom property--colour: #CA8EE0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37284WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness172.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.46:1

Contrast with white2.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1

Inverted#35711F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#82A1E3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31 from the original

Deuteranopia#90A6DEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.2 from the original

Tritanopia#CA98ADno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.48:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 13.1 Orchid · ΔE 19.1 Violet · ΔE 20 Medium purple · ΔE 21.3 Medium orchid · ΔE 29.9 Cornflower blue · ΔE 32.6

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 13.08, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A4E08E

Analogous#A18EE0, #E08ECD

Triadic#E0CA8E, #8EE0CA

Split complementary#CDE08E, #8EE0A1

Tetradic#E0A18E, #A4E08E, #8ECDE0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F0DEF6

Lighter +10%#DDB6EB

Darker −10%#B766D5

Darker −20%#A43ECA

Darker −30%#872EA7

Darker −40%#66237F

More saturated +25%#D27CF2

Less saturated −25%#C2A0CE

Channel breakdown

R202

G142

B224

Red202 (79.2%)

Green142 (55.7%)

Blue224 (87.8%)

Hue283.9°

Saturation (HSL)56.94%

Lightness71.76%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR CA · G 8E · B E0

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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