Recognised as Colour

#CB9AE9

#CB9AE9
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#CB9AE9 is a violet with RGB values 203, 154, 233 and HSL 277°, 64%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#CB9AE9#CB9AE9

HEX#CB9AE9

RGBrgb(203, 154, 233)

RGB (0–1)0.7961, 0.6039, 0.9137

RGB percentages79.6%, 60.4%, 91.4%

HSLhsl(277.2, 64.2%, 75.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(277.2, 33.9%, 91.4%)

CMYK12.9%, 33.9%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,343,465

CSS custom property--colour: #CB9AE9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41691WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness180.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.34:1

Contrast with white2.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA

Inverted#346516

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8CAAECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#97AEE7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27 from the original

Tritanopia#C8A5B7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.25:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 11.2 Medium purple · ΔE 23.7 Orchid · ΔE 24.2 Violet · ΔE 24.2 Cornflower blue · ΔE 29.7 Thistle · ΔE 31.9

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 11.23, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B8E99A

Analogous#A49AE9, #E99ADF

Triadic#E9CB9A, #9AE9CB

Split complementary#DFE99A, #9AE9A4

Tetradic#E9A39A, #B8E99A, #9ADFE9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F6EEFB

Lighter +10%#E1C4F2

Darker −10%#B570E0

Darker −20%#A046D7

Darker −30%#872AC0

Darker −40%#6A2196

More saturated +25%#CF8BF8

Less saturated −25%#C7A9DA

Channel breakdown

R203

G154

B233

Red203 (79.6%)

Green154 (60.4%)

Blue233 (91.4%)

Hue277.22°

Saturation (HSL)64.23%

Lightness75.88%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR CB · G 9A · B E9

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Colour values

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