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Recognised as Colour

#CB69E6

  • #CB69E6
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#CB69E6 is a violet with RGB values 203, 105, 230 and HSL 287°, 71%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#CB69E6#CB69E6
HEX#CB69E6
RGBrgb(203, 105, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.7961, 0.4118, 0.902
RGB percentages79.6%, 41.2%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(287, 71.4%, 65.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(287, 54.3%, 90.2%)
CMYK11.7%, 54.3%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,330,918
CSS custom property--colour: #CB69E6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28513WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness157.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.7:1
Contrast with white3.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.7:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#878787
Inverted#349619

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4F8BEAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#7095E3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49 from the original
Tritanopia#CB7C9Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.13:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 6.9Orchid · ΔE 13.4Violet · ΔE 14.1Medium purple · ΔE 21.6Dark orchid · ΔE 22.5Medium slateblue · ΔE 25.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 6.87, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#84E669
Analogous#8C69E6, #E669C3
Triadic#E6CB69, #69E6CB
Split complementary#C3E669, #69E68C
Tetradic#E68C69, #84E669, #69C3E6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F8ECFC
Lighter +20%#E9C0F5
Lighter +10%#DA95ED
Darker −10%#BC3DDF
Darker −20%#A421C8
Darker −30%#801A9C
Darker −40%#5C1370
More saturated +25%#D753FC
Less saturated −25%#BF7FD0

Channel breakdown

R203
G105
B230
Red203 (79.6%)
Green105 (41.2%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue287.04°
Saturation (HSL)71.43%
Lightness65.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CB · G 69 · B E6

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