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Recognised as Colour

#D165EB

  • #D165EB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#D165EB is a violet with RGB values 209, 101, 235 and HSL 288°, 77%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#D165EB#D165EB
HEX#D165EB
RGBrgb(209, 101, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.8196, 0.3961, 0.9216
RGB percentages82%, 39.6%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(288.4, 77%, 65.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(288.4, 57%, 92.2%)
CMYK11.1%, 57%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,723,115
CSS custom property--colour: #D165EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28861WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness159.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.77:1
Contrast with white3.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.77:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#868686
Inverted#2E9A14

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#478BEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#6E96E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.2 from the original
Tritanopia#D27A9Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.1:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 7.9Violet · ΔE 16.6Orchid · ΔE 16.7Dark orchid · ΔE 20.5Medium purple · ΔE 25.8Medium slateblue · ΔE 27.5
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 7.9, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7FEB65
Analogous#8E65EB, #EB65C2
Triadic#EBD165, #65EBD1
Split complementary#C2EB65, #65EB8E
Tetradic#EB8E65, #7FEB65, #65C2EB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F9ECFD
Lighter +20%#ECBFF7
Lighter +10%#DE92F1
Darker −10%#C438E5
Darker −20%#AC1BCF
Darker −30%#8715A2
Darker −40%#610F75
More saturated +25%#DD51FF
Less saturated −25%#C47BD5

Channel breakdown

R209
G101
B235
Red209 (82%)
Green101 (39.6%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue288.36°
Saturation (HSL)77.01%
Lightness65.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR D1 · G 65 · B EB

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