Recognised as Colour

#CAA4DD

#CAA4DD
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#CAA4DD is a violet with RGB values 202, 164, 221 and HSL 280°, 46%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#CAA4DD#CAA4DD

HEX#CAA4DD

RGBrgb(202, 164, 221)

RGB (0–1)0.7922, 0.6431, 0.8667

RGB percentages79.2%, 64.3%, 86.7%

HSLhsl(280, 45.6%, 75.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(280, 25.8%, 86.7%)

CMYK8.6%, 25.8%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,280,477

CSS custom property--colour: #CAA4DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44328WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness183.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.87:1

Contrast with white2.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0

Inverted#355B22

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9CAFDFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#A4B3DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.7 from the original

Tritanopia#C9ABB8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.13:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 8.5 Thistle · ΔE 19.6 Light steelblue · ΔE 27.5 Pink · ΔE 29.1 Light pink · ΔE 30.1 Lavender · ΔE 31.5

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 8.52, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B7DDA4

Analogous#AEA4DD, #DDA4D3

Triadic#DDCAA4, #A4DDCA

Split complementary#D4DDA4, #A4DDAD

Tetradic#DDADA4, #B7DDA4, #A4D4DD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F5EEF9

Lighter +10%#E0C9EB

Darker −10%#B47FCF

Darker −20%#9F5AC1

Darker −30%#863FA9

Darker −40%#683184

More saturated +25%#CF94ED

Less saturated −25%#C5B4CD

Channel breakdown

R202

G164

B221

Red202 (79.2%)

Green164 (64.3%)

Blue221 (86.7%)

Hue280°

Saturation (HSL)45.6%

Lightness75.49%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR CA · G A4 · B DD

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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