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Recognised as Colour

#CE5CFD

  • #CE5CFD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#CE5CFD is a violet with RGB values 206, 92, 253 and HSL 282°, 98%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#CE5CFD#CE5CFD
HEX#CE5CFD
RGBrgb(206, 92, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.8078, 0.3608, 0.9922
RGB percentages80.8%, 36.1%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(282.5, 97.6%, 67.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(282.5, 63.6%, 99.2%)
CMYK18.6%, 63.6%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,524,221
CSS custom property--colour: #CE5CFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27868WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.57:1
Contrast with white3.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.57:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#808080
Inverted#31A302

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#118AFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 56.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#5793F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56.8 from the original
Tritanopia#CA7AA5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 60.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.19:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 16.8Medium orchid · ΔE 17.8Blue violet · ΔE 22.3Dark violet · ΔE 23.5Violet · ΔE 29Medium slateblue · ΔE 29.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 16.82, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8BFD5C
Analogous#7E5CFD, #FD5CDB
Triadic#FDCE5C, #5CFDCE
Split complementary#DCFD5C, #5CFD7D
Tetradic#FD7D5C, #8BFD5C, #5CDCFD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBF3FF
Lighter +20%#ECC1FE
Lighter +10%#DD8EFE
Darker −10%#BF2AFC
Darker −20%#AB03F0
Darker −30%#8702BE
Darker −40%#63028B
More saturated +25%#CF5AFF
Less saturated −25%#C571E8

Channel breakdown

R206
G92
B253
Red206 (80.8%)
Green92 (36.1%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue282.48°
Saturation (HSL)97.58%
Lightness67.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CE · G 5C · B FD

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