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Recognised as Colour

#CD6DFB

  • #CD6DFB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#CD6DFB is a violet with RGB values 205, 109, 251 and HSL 281°, 95%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#CD6DFB#CD6DFB
HEX#CD6DFB
RGBrgb(205, 109, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.8039, 0.4275, 0.9843
RGB percentages80.4%, 42.7%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(280.6, 94.7%, 70.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.6, 56.6%, 98.4%)
CMYK18.3%, 56.6%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,463,035
CSS custom property--colour: #CD6DFB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30881WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness163.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.18:1
Contrast with white2.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8C8C8C
Inverted#329204

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4392FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#6799F7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.7 from the original
Tritanopia#C986AAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.93:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 12.1Dark orchid · ΔE 20.1Violet · ΔE 20.6Orchid · ΔE 21.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 23.9Medium purple · ΔE 25.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 12.14, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9BFB6D
Analogous#866DFB, #FB6DE2
Triadic#FBCD6D, #6DFBCD
Split complementary#E2FB6D, #6DFB86
Tetradic#FB866D, #9BFB6D, #6DE2FB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EFD0FE
Lighter +10%#DE9FFC
Darker −10%#BC3BFA
Darker −20%#AB0AF8
Darker −30%#8A06C9
Darker −40%#680498
More saturated +25%#CE69FF
Less saturated −25%#C680E8

Channel breakdown

R205
G109
B251
Red205 (80.4%)
Green109 (42.7%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue280.56°
Saturation (HSL)94.67%
Lightness70.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CD · G 6D · B FB

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