Recognised as Colour

#D15BED

#D15BED
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium orchid

#D15BED is a violet with RGB values 209, 91, 237 and HSL 288°, 80%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

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HEX#D15BED

RGBrgb(209, 91, 237)

RGB (0–1)0.8196, 0.3569, 0.9294

RGB percentages82%, 35.7%, 92.9%

HSLhsl(288.5, 80.2%, 64.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(288.5, 61.6%, 92.9%)

CMYK11.8%, 61.6%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,720,557

CSS custom property--colour: #D15BED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27152WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness156 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.43:1

Contrast with white3.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.43:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7F7F7F

Inverted#2EA412

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3386F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 55 from the original

Deuteranopia#6592E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 57 from the original

Tritanopia#D2739Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.27:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 11.1 Dark orchid · ΔE 17.3 Violet · ΔE 22.1 Orchid · ΔE 22.3 Blue violet · ΔE 27.6 Dark violet · ΔE 27.7

Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 11.12, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#77ED5B

Analogous#885BED, #ED5BC0

Triadic#EDD15B, #5BEDD1

Split complementary#C0ED5B, #5BED88

Tetradic#ED885B, #77ED5B, #5BC0ED

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F8E5FC

Lighter +20%#EBB7F7

Lighter +10%#DE89F2

Darker −10%#C42DE8

Darker −20%#A916CC

Darker −30%#83119E

Darker −40%#5D0C70

More saturated +25%#DC49FF

Less saturated −25%#C372D6

Channel breakdown

R209

G91

B237

Red209 (82%)

Green91 (35.7%)

Blue237 (92.9%)

Hue288.49°

Saturation (HSL)80.22%

Lightness64.31%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR D1 · G 5B · B ED

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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