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Recognised as Colour

#CD7BEA

  • #CD7BEA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Orchid

#CD7BEA is a violet with RGB values 205, 123, 234 and HSL 284°, 73%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orchid.

Colour values

#CD7BEA#CD7BEA
HEX#CD7BEA
RGBrgb(205, 123, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.8039, 0.4824, 0.9176
RGB percentages80.4%, 48.2%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(284.3, 72.5%, 70%)
HSV / HSBhsv(284.3, 47.4%, 91.8%)
CMYK12.4%, 47.4%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,466,602
CSS custom property--colour: #CD7BEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33086WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness166.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.62:1
Contrast with white2.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#949494
Inverted#328415

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6697EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#7E9EE7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42 from the original
Tritanopia#CC8BA8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.76:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orchid · ΔE 10.6Violet · ΔE 10.8Medium orchid · ΔE 14.6Medium purple · ΔE 17.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 26.6Slate blue · ΔE 27.5
Nearest named CSS colourOrchid (#DA70D6)ΔE 10.62, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#98EA7B
Analogous#967BEA, #EA7BCF
Triadic#EACD7B, #7BEACD
Split complementary#CFEA7B, #7BEA96
Tetradic#EA967B, #98EA7B, #7BCFEA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EED3F8
Lighter +10%#DEA7F1
Darker −10%#BC4FE3
Darker −20%#AC23DC
Darker −30%#891CB0
Darker −40%#671584
More saturated +25%#D668FD
Less saturated −25%#C48ED7

Channel breakdown

R205
G123
B234
Red205 (80.4%)
Green123 (48.2%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue284.32°
Saturation (HSL)72.55%
Lightness70%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CD · G 7B · B EA

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