Colour

#CC8EDD

#CC8EDD
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#CC8EDD is a violet with RGB values 204, 142, 221 and HSL 287°, 54%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#CC8EDD#CC8EDD

HEX#CC8EDD

RGBrgb(204, 142, 221)

RGB (0–1)0.8, 0.5569, 0.8667

RGB percentages80%, 55.7%, 86.7%

HSLhsl(287.1, 53.7%, 71.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(287.1, 35.7%, 86.7%)

CMYK7.7%, 35.7%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,405,917

CSS custom property--colour: #CC8EDD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37404WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness172.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.48:1

Contrast with white2.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1

Inverted#337122

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#83A0E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#93A7DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.8 from the original

Tritanopia#CD97ABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.48:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 11.6 Orchid · ΔE 19.3 Violet · ΔE 20.4 Medium purple · ΔE 22.9 Medium orchid · ΔE 30.9 Pale violetred · ΔE 33.3

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 11.58, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9FDD8E

Analogous#A58EDD, #DD8EC6

Triadic#DDCC8E, #8EDDCC

Split complementary#C6DD8E, #8EDDA4

Tetradic#DDA48E, #9FDD8E, #8EC6DD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#EFDCF5

Lighter +10%#DEB5E9

Darker −10%#BA67D1

Darker −20%#A940C5

Darker −30%#8931A1

Darker −40%#68257A

More saturated +25%#D67CEF

Less saturated −25%#C2A0CB

Channel breakdown

R204

G142

B221

Red204 (80%)

Green142 (55.7%)

Blue221 (86.7%)

Hue287.09°

Saturation (HSL)53.74%

Lightness71.18%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR CC · G 8E · B DD

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#CC8EDD

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else