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Recognised as Colour

#D15BEE

  • #D15BEE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#D15BEE is a violet with RGB values 209, 91, 238 and HSL 288°, 81%, 65%. 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

#D15BEE#D15BEE
HEX#D15BEE
RGBrgb(209, 91, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.8196, 0.3569, 0.9333
RGB percentages82%, 35.7%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(288.2, 81.2%, 64.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(288.2, 61.8%, 93.3%)
CMYK12.2%, 61.8%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,720,558
CSS custom property--colour: #D15BEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27211WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.44:1
Contrast with white3.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.44:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7F7F7F
Inverted#2EA411

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3286F2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 55 from the original
Deuteranopia#6592EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56.9 from the original
Tritanopia#D1749Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.26:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 11.5Dark orchid · ΔE 17.2Violet · ΔE 22.5Orchid · ΔE 22.8Blue violet · ΔE 27.3Dark violet · ΔE 27.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 11.52, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#78EE5B
Analogous#875BEE, #EE5BC2
Triadic#EED15B, #5BEED1
Split complementary#C2EE5B, #5BEE88
Tetradic#EE885B, #78EE5B, #5BC2EE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F8E6FC
Lighter +20%#EBB7F8
Lighter +10%#DE89F3
Darker −10%#C42DE9
Darker −20%#A915CE
Darker −30%#83119F
Darker −40%#5D0C71
More saturated +25%#DB4AFF
Less saturated −25%#C372D7

Channel breakdown

R209
G91
B238
Red209 (82%)
Green91 (35.7%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue288.16°
Saturation (HSL)81.22%
Lightness64.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR D1 · G 5B · B EE

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