Recognised as Colour

#CB94F0

#CB94F0
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#CB94F0 is a violet with RGB values 203, 148, 240 and HSL 276°, 75%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#CB94F0#CB94F0

HEX#CB94F0

RGBrgb(203, 148, 240)

RGB (0–1)0.7961, 0.5804, 0.9412

RGB percentages79.6%, 58%, 94.1%

HSLhsl(275.9, 75.4%, 76.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(275.9, 38.3%, 94.1%)

CMYK15.4%, 38.3%, 0%, 5.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,341,936

CSS custom property--colour: #CB94F0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40168WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness178.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.03:1

Contrast with white2.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6

Inverted#346B0F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#82A7F3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#8FABEDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.7 from the original

Tritanopia#C7A1B7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.32:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 17.5 Medium purple · ΔE 18.7 Violet · ΔE 19.2 Orchid · ΔE 19.7 Medium orchid · ΔE 28.5 Cornflower blue · ΔE 30.9

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 17.46, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B9F094

Analogous#9D94F0, #F094E7

Triadic#F0CB94, #94F0CB

Split complementary#E7F094, #94F09D

Tetradic#F09D94, #B9F094, #94E7F0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F6EDFD

Lighter +10%#E1C1F6

Darker −10%#B567EA

Darker −20%#A03BE3

Darker −30%#871DCE

Darker −40%#6A17A1

More saturated +25%#CE85FF

Less saturated −25%#C8A3E1

Channel breakdown

R203

G148

B240

Red203 (79.6%)

Green148 (58%)

Blue240 (94.1%)

Hue275.87°

Saturation (HSL)75.41%

Lightness76.08%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR CB · G 94 · B F0

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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