Recognised as Colour

#CB34EE

#CB34EE
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark violet

#CB34EE is a violet with RGB values 203, 52, 238 and HSL 289°, 85%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#CB34EE#CB34EE

HEX#CB34EE

RGBrgb(203, 52, 238)

RGB (0–1)0.7961, 0.2039, 0.9333

RGB percentages79.6%, 20.4%, 93.3%

HSLhsl(288.7, 84.5%, 56.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(288.7, 78.2%, 93.3%)

CMYK14.7%, 78.2%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,317,358

CSS custom property--colour: #CB34EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21326WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness142.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.27:1

Contrast with white3.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.27:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#626262

Inverted#34CB11

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0076F3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 60 from the original

Deuteranopia#4284EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 67.4 from the original

Tritanopia#CB5E92no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 63.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.99:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 16 Dark orchid · ΔE 18.1 Blue violet · ΔE 19 Fuchsia · ΔE 19.7 Magenta · ΔE 19.7 Medium orchid · ΔE 26.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 15.96, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#57EE34

Analogous#6E34EE, #EE34B4

Triadic#EECB34, #34EECB

Split complementary#B4EE34, #34EE6E

Tetradic#EE6E34, #57EE34, #34B4EE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBF0FE

Lighter +30%#EFC1FA

Lighter +20%#E392F6

Lighter +10%#D763F2

Darker −10%#B712DD

Darker −20%#900FAD

Darker −30%#690B7E

Darker −40%#42074F

More saturated +25%#D623FF

Less saturated −25%#BA4FD3

Channel breakdown

R203

G52

B238

Red203 (79.6%)

Green52 (20.4%)

Blue238 (93.3%)

Hue288.71°

Saturation (HSL)84.55%

Lightness56.86%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR CB · G 34 · B EE

Keep nerding

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

#CB34EE

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