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Recognised as Colour

#CD63FA

  • #CD63FA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#CD63FA is a violet with RGB values 205, 99, 250 and HSL 282°, 94%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#CD63FA#CD63FA
HEX#CD63FA
RGBrgb(205, 99, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.8039, 0.3882, 0.9804
RGB percentages80.4%, 38.8%, 98%
HSLhsl(282.1, 93.8%, 68.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(282.1, 60.4%, 98%)
CMYK18%, 60.4%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,460,474
CSS custom property--colour: #CD63FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28805WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness159.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.76:1
Contrast with white3.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.76:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#848484
Inverted#329C05

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2F8CFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#5F95F6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.7 from the original
Tritanopia#C97EA6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.11:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 14Dark orchid · ΔE 17.4Violet · ΔE 24.6Blue violet · ΔE 25.4Orchid · ΔE 25.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 26.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 13.96, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#90FA63
Analogous#8263FA, #FA63DB
Triadic#FACD63, #63FACD
Split complementary#DBFA63, #63FA82
Tetradic#FA8263, #90FA63, #63DBFA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FDF7FF
Lighter +20%#EDC6FD
Lighter +10%#DD94FC
Darker −10%#BD32F8
Darker −20%#AA08EF
Darker −30%#8706BE
Darker −40%#64058C
More saturated +25%#CF5EFF
Less saturated −25%#C577E6

Channel breakdown

R205
G99
B250
Red205 (80.4%)
Green99 (38.8%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue282.12°
Saturation (HSL)93.79%
Lightness68.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CD · G 63 · B FA

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