Recognised as Colour

#CD93EE

#CD93EE
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#CD93EE is a violet with RGB values 205, 147, 238 and HSL 278°, 73%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#CD93EE#CD93EE

HEX#CD93EE

RGBrgb(205, 147, 238)

RGB (0–1)0.8039, 0.5765, 0.9333

RGB percentages80.4%, 57.6%, 93.3%

HSLhsl(278.2, 72.8%, 75.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(278.2, 38.2%, 93.3%)

CMYK13.9%, 38.2%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,472,750

CSS custom property--colour: #CD93EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4002WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness178.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9:1

Contrast with white2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6

Inverted#326C11

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#82A7F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#90ABEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.7 from the original

Tritanopia#CAA0B5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 16.8 Violet · ΔE 18.4 Orchid · ΔE 18.8 Medium purple · ΔE 19.3 Medium orchid · ΔE 28.2 Slate blue · ΔE 31.6

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 16.81, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B4EE93

Analogous#A093EE, #EE93E1

Triadic#EECD93, #93EECD

Split complementary#E2EE93, #93EEA0

Tetradic#EEA093, #B4EE93, #93E2EE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F6EBFC

Lighter +10%#E1BFF5

Darker −10%#B967E7

Darker −20%#A43BE0

Darker −30%#8B20C8

Darker −40%#6D199C

More saturated +25%#D183FE

Less saturated −25%#C9A3DE

Channel breakdown

R205

G147

B238

Red205 (80.4%)

Green147 (57.6%)

Blue238 (93.3%)

Hue278.24°

Saturation (HSL)72.8%

Lightness75.49%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR CD · G 93 · B EE

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