Colour

#CE91DC

#CE91DC
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#CE91DC is a violet with RGB values 206, 145, 220 and HSL 289°, 52%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#CE91DC#CE91DC

HEX#CE91DC

RGBrgb(206, 145, 220)

RGB (0–1)0.8078, 0.5686, 0.8627

RGB percentages80.8%, 56.9%, 86.3%

HSLhsl(288.8, 51.7%, 71.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(288.8, 34.1%, 86.3%)

CMYK6.4%, 34.1%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,537,756

CSS custom property--colour: #CE91DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3854WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness174.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.71:1

Contrast with white2.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3

Inverted#316E23

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#88A3DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#97A9DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.8 from the original

Tritanopia#CF99ADno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 9.3 Orchid · ΔE 21.1 Violet · ΔE 22.1 Medium purple · ΔE 24.9 Pale violetred · ΔE 32.1 Thistle · ΔE 32.2

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 9.27, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9FDC91

Analogous#A891DC, #DC91C5

Triadic#DCCE91, #91DCCE

Split complementary#C4DC91, #91DCA8

Tetradic#DCA891, #9FDC91, #91C5DC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F0DEF5

Lighter +10%#DFB8E8

Darker −10%#BD6AD0

Darker −20%#AC44C3

Darker −30%#8C33A1

Darker −40%#6B277A

More saturated +25%#D97FEE

Less saturated −25%#C3A3CA

Channel breakdown

R206

G145

B220

Red206 (80.8%)

Green145 (56.9%)

Blue220 (86.3%)

Hue288.8°

Saturation (HSL)51.72%

Lightness71.57%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR CE · G 91 · B DC

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Colour values

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