Recognised as Colour

#CB96EF

#CB96EF
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#CB96EF is a violet with RGB values 203, 150, 239 and HSL 276°, 74%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#CB96EF#CB96EF

HEX#CB96EF

RGBrgb(203, 150, 239)

RGB (0–1)0.7961, 0.5882, 0.9373

RGB percentages79.6%, 58.8%, 93.7%

HSLhsl(275.7, 73.6%, 76.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(275.7, 37.2%, 93.7%)

CMYK15.1%, 37.2%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,342,447

CSS custom property--colour: #CB96EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40741WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness179 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.15:1

Contrast with white2.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8

Inverted#346910

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#85A8F2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29 from the original

Deuteranopia#91ACECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.7 from the original

Tritanopia#C7A3B7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.3:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 15.9 Medium purple · ΔE 19.8 Violet · ΔE 20.4 Orchid · ΔE 20.8 Medium orchid · ΔE 30.1 Cornflower blue · ΔE 30.3

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 15.94, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BAEF96

Analogous#9E96EF, #EF96E6

Triadic#EFCB96, #96EFCB

Split complementary#E6EF96, #96EF9F

Tetradic#EF9F96, #BAEF96, #96E6EF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F7EFFC

Lighter +10%#E1C2F6

Darker −10%#B56AE8

Darker −20%#9F3DE2

Darker −30%#871FCD

Darker −40%#6918A1

More saturated +25%#CE87FE

Less saturated −25%#C8A5E0

Channel breakdown

R203

G150

B239

Red203 (79.6%)

Green150 (58.8%)

Blue239 (93.7%)

Hue275.73°

Saturation (HSL)73.55%

Lightness76.27%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR CB · G 96 · B EF

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