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Recognised as Colour

#CB75EB

  • #CB75EB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#CB75EB is a violet with RGB values 203, 117, 235 and HSL 284°, 75%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#CB75EB#CB75EB
HEX#CB75EB
RGBrgb(203, 117, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.7961, 0.4588, 0.9216
RGB percentages79.6%, 45.9%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(283.7, 74.7%, 69%)
HSV / HSBhsv(283.7, 50.2%, 92.2%)
CMYK13.6%, 50.2%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,333,995
CSS custom property--colour: #CB75EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31417WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness163.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.28:1
Contrast with white2.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#909090
Inverted#348A14

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5C93EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#779BE8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.4 from the original
Tritanopia#CA87A5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.88:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 11.3Orchid · ΔE 12.1Violet · ΔE 12.2Medium purple · ΔE 18.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 24.9Slate blue · ΔE 26.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 11.32, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#95EB75
Analogous#9075EB, #EB75D0
Triadic#EBCB75, #75EBCB
Split complementary#D0EB75, #75EB90
Tetradic#EB9075, #95EB75, #75D0EB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FDFBFE
Lighter +20%#EDCEF8
Lighter +10%#DCA2F1
Darker −10%#BA48E5
Darker −20%#A820DA
Darker −30%#8619AE
Darker −40%#631381
More saturated +25%#D461FF
Less saturated −25%#C289D7

Channel breakdown

R203
G117
B235
Red203 (79.6%)
Green117 (45.9%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue283.73°
Saturation (HSL)74.68%
Lightness69.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CB · G 75 · B EB

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