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Recognised as Colour

#CD75FD

  • #CD75FD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#CD75FD is a violet with RGB values 205, 117, 253 and HSL 279°, 97%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#CD75FD#CD75FD
HEX#CD75FD
RGBrgb(205, 117, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.8039, 0.4588, 0.9922
RGB percentages80.4%, 45.9%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(278.8, 97.1%, 72.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(278.8, 53.8%, 99.2%)
CMYK19%, 53.8%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,465,085
CSS custom property--colour: #CD75FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32794WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.56:1
Contrast with white2.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#929292
Inverted#328A02

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4F97FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#6D9DFAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.4 from the original
Tritanopia#C88CAEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.78:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 12.6Violet · ΔE 18.4Orchid · ΔE 20Medium purple · ΔE 22.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 22.6Dark orchid · ΔE 23
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 12.63, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A5FD75
Analogous#8975FD, #FD75E9
Triadic#FDCD75, #75FDCD
Split complementary#E9FD75, #75FD89
Tetradic#FD8975, #A5FD75, #75E9FD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F1DAFE
Lighter +10%#DFA7FE
Darker −10%#BB43FC
Darker −20%#A910FC
Darker −30%#8B03D6
Darker −40%#6B02A4
More saturated +25%#CE73FF
Less saturated −25%#C886EC

Channel breakdown

R205
G117
B253
Red205 (80.4%)
Green117 (45.9%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue278.82°
Saturation (HSL)97.14%
Lightness72.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CD · G 75 · B FD

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