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Recognised as Colour

#D0AAEF

  • #D0AAEF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#D0AAEF is a violet with RGB values 208, 170, 239 and HSL 273°, 68%, 80%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#D0AAEF#D0AAEF
HEX#D0AAEF
RGBrgb(208, 170, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.8157, 0.6667, 0.9373
RGB percentages81.6%, 66.7%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(273, 68.3%, 80.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273, 28.9%, 93.7%)
CMYK13%, 28.9%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,675,247
CSS custom property--colour: #D0AAEF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48391WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness190.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.68:1
Contrast with white1.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7
Inverted#2F5510

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9EB7F2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#A6B9EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.4 from the original
Tritanopia#CCB3C3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.97:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 9.6Thistle · ΔE 24.6Cornflower blue · ΔE 29.5Medium purple · ΔE 30.7Violet · ΔE 31.2Light steelblue · ΔE 31.4
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 9.62, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C9EFAA
Analogous#ADAAEF, #EFAAEC
Triadic#EFD0AA, #AAEFD0
Split complementary#ECEFAA, #AAEFAE
Tetradic#EFAEAA, #C9EFAA, #AAECEF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E8D5F7
Darker −10%#B87FE7
Darker −20%#A154DF
Darker −30%#8929D7
Darker −40%#6E20AD
More saturated +25%#D19DFC
Less saturated −25%#CFB7E2

Channel breakdown

R208
G170
B239
Red208 (81.6%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue273.04°
Saturation (HSL)68.32%
Lightness80.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR D0 · G AA · B EF

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