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Recognised as Colour

#CB69FD

  • #CB69FD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#CB69FD is a violet with RGB values 203, 105, 253 and HSL 280°, 97%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#CB69FD#CB69FD
HEX#CB69FD
RGBrgb(203, 105, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.7961, 0.4118, 0.9922
RGB percentages79.6%, 41.2%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(279.7, 97.4%, 70.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(279.7, 58.5%, 99.2%)
CMYK19.8%, 58.5%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,330,941
CSS custom property--colour: #CB69FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29892WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness161.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.98:1
Contrast with white3.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.98:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#898989
Inverted#349602

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3790FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#6097F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.1 from the original
Tritanopia#C684A9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.01:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 13.7Dark orchid · ΔE 18.5Violet · ΔE 23.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 24.2Orchid · ΔE 24.8Blue violet · ΔE 26.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 13.73, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9BFD69
Analogous#8169FD, #FD69E5
Triadic#FDCB69, #69FDCB
Split complementary#E5FD69, #69FD81
Tetradic#FD8169, #9BFD69, #69E5FD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EECEFE
Lighter +10%#DC9BFE
Darker −10%#BA37FC
Darker −20%#A804FC
Darker −30%#8703CA
Darker −40%#650298
More saturated +25%#CC67FF
Less saturated −25%#C57CEA

Channel breakdown

R203
G105
B253
Red203 (79.6%)
Green105 (41.2%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue279.73°
Saturation (HSL)97.37%
Lightness70.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CB · G 69 · B FD

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