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Recognised as Colour

#D0ACEE

  • #D0ACEE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#D0ACEE is a violet with RGB values 208, 172, 238 and HSL 273°, 66%, 80%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#D0ACEE#D0ACEE
HEX#D0ACEE
RGBrgb(208, 172, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.8157, 0.6745, 0.9333
RGB percentages81.6%, 67.5%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(272.7, 66%, 80.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(272.7, 27.7%, 93.3%)
CMYK12.6%, 27.7%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,675,758
CSS custom property--colour: #D0ACEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49088WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.82:1
Contrast with white1.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8
Inverted#2F5311

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A1B8F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#A8BBECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.9 from the original
Tritanopia#CDB5C3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.94:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 9.8Thistle · ΔE 22.8Light steelblue · ΔE 29.6Cornflower blue · ΔE 29.8Medium purple · ΔE 32.2Pink · ΔE 32.5
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 9.76, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CAEEAC
Analogous#AFACEE, #EEACEB
Triadic#EED0AC, #ACEED0
Split complementary#EBEEAC, #ACEEAF
Tetradic#EEAFAC, #CAEEAC, #ACEBEE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E8D6F7
Darker −10%#B882E5
Darker −20%#A057DD
Darker −30%#882DD4
Darker −40%#6D23AB
More saturated +25%#D1A0FB
Less saturated −25%#CFB9E2

Channel breakdown

R208
G172
B238
Red208 (81.6%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue272.73°
Saturation (HSL)66%
Lightness80.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR D0 · G AC · B EE

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