Recognised as Colour

#CA93EF

#CA93EF
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#CA93EF is a violet with RGB values 202, 147, 239 and HSL 276°, 74%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#CA93EF#CA93EF

HEX#CA93EF

RGBrgb(202, 147, 239)

RGB (0–1)0.7922, 0.5765, 0.9373

RGB percentages79.2%, 57.6%, 93.7%

HSLhsl(275.9, 74.2%, 75.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(275.9, 38.5%, 93.7%)

CMYK15.5%, 38.5%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,276,143

CSS custom property--colour: #CA93EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39656WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness177.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.93:1

Contrast with white2.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5

Inverted#356C10

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#81A6F2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#8EAAECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.7 from the original

Tritanopia#C6A0B6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.35:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 17.6 Medium purple · ΔE 18.4 Violet · ΔE 19.2 Orchid · ΔE 19.5 Medium orchid · ΔE 28.3 Slate blue · ΔE 30.8

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 17.58, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B8EF93

Analogous#9C93EF, #EF93E6

Triadic#EFCA93, #93EFCA

Split complementary#E6EF93, #93EF9C

Tetradic#EF9C93, #B8EF93, #93E6EF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F6ECFC

Lighter +10%#E0BFF6

Darker −10%#B467E8

Darker −20%#9E3AE2

Darker −30%#851ECB

Darker −40%#68179F

More saturated +25%#CD84FF

Less saturated −25%#C7A3E0

Channel breakdown

R202

G147

B239

Red202 (79.2%)

Green147 (57.6%)

Blue239 (93.7%)

Hue275.87°

Saturation (HSL)74.19%

Lightness75.69%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR CA · G 93 · B EF

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#CA93EF

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else