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Recognised as Colour

#CE74E5

  • #CE74E5
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Orchid

#CE74E5 is a violet with RGB values 206, 116, 229 and HSL 288°, 68%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orchid.

Colour values

#CE74E5#CE74E5
HEX#CE74E5
RGBrgb(206, 116, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.8078, 0.4549, 0.898
RGB percentages80.8%, 45.5%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(287.8, 68.5%, 67.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(287.8, 49.3%, 89.8%)
CMYK10%, 49.3%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,530,341
CSS custom property--colour: #CE74E5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3127WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness163 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.25:1
Contrast with white2.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F
Inverted#318B1A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6092E9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#7B9BE2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.3 from the original
Tritanopia#CF84A2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.89:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orchid · ΔE 9Violet · ΔE 10Medium orchid · ΔE 11.9Medium purple · ΔE 19.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 27.4Slate blue · ΔE 28.3
Nearest named CSS colourOrchid (#DA70D6)ΔE 8.97, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8BE574
Analogous#9574E5, #E574C4
Triadic#E5CE74, #74E5CE
Split complementary#C3E574, #74E596
Tetradic#E59674, #8BE574, #74C4E5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBF5FD
Lighter +20%#ECCAF5
Lighter +10%#DD9FED
Darker −10%#BF49DD
Darker −20%#AB26CD
Darker −30%#871EA2
Darker −40%#631677
More saturated +25%#DA5FFA
Less saturated −25%#C289D0

Channel breakdown

R206
G116
B229
Red206 (80.8%)
Green116 (45.5%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue287.79°
Saturation (HSL)68.48%
Lightness67.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CE · G 74 · B E5

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