Recognised as Colour

#CD97EA

#CD97EA
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#CD97EA is a violet with RGB values 205, 151, 234 and HSL 279°, 66%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#CD97EA#CD97EA

HEX#CD97EA

RGBrgb(205, 151, 234)

RGB (0–1)0.8039, 0.5922, 0.9176

RGB percentages80.4%, 59.2%, 91.8%

HSLhsl(279, 66.4%, 75.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(279, 35.5%, 91.8%)

CMYK12.4%, 35.5%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,473,770

CSS custom property--colour: #CD97EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41053WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness179.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.21:1

Contrast with white2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8

Inverted#326815

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#89A9EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#96ADE8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.9 from the original

Tritanopia#CBA2B6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.28:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 12.7 Violet · ΔE 21.6 Orchid · ΔE 21.7 Medium purple · ΔE 22.2 Cornflower blue · ΔE 30.9 Medium orchid · ΔE 32.1

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 12.75, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B4EA97

Analogous#A497EA, #EA97DD

Triadic#EACD97, #97EACD

Split complementary#DDEA97, #97EAA4

Tetradic#EAA497, #B4EA97, #97DDEA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F6ECFB

Lighter +10%#E1C1F3

Darker −10%#B96DE1

Darker −20%#A442D9

Darker −30%#8B27C1

Darker −40%#6D1E97

More saturated +25%#D287FA

Less saturated −25%#C8A7DA

Channel breakdown

R205

G151

B234

Red205 (80.4%)

Green151 (59.2%)

Blue234 (91.8%)

Hue279.04°

Saturation (HSL)66.4%

Lightness75.49%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR CD · G 97 · B EA

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