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Colour

#D166E7

  • #D166E7
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#D166E7 is a violet with RGB values 209, 102, 231 and HSL 290°, 73%, 65%. 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

#D166E7#D166E7
HEX#D166E7
RGBrgb(209, 102, 231)
RGB (0–1)0.8196, 0.4, 0.9059
RGB percentages82%, 40%, 90.6%
HSLhsl(289.8, 72.9%, 65.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(289.8, 55.8%, 90.6%)
CMYK9.5%, 55.8%, 0%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,723,367
CSS custom property--colour: #D166E7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28828WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158.9 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#2E9918

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4D8BEBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#7196E4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.2 from the original
Tritanopia#D2799Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.4 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 7.2Orchid · ΔE 14.3Violet · ΔE 14.6Dark orchid · ΔE 21.9Medium purple · ΔE 24.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 28
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 7.19, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7CE766
Analogous#9166E7, #E766BC
Triadic#E7D166, #66E7D1
Split complementary#BDE766, #66E791
Tetradic#E79166, #7CE766, #66BCE7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F9EAFC
Lighter +20%#ECBEF5
Lighter +10%#DE92EE
Darker −10%#C43AE0
Darker −20%#AB1FC8
Darker −30%#85189C
Darker −40%#5F1170
More saturated +25%#E050FD
Less saturated −25%#C27CD1

Channel breakdown

R209
G102
B231
Red209 (82%)
Green102 (40%)
Blue231 (90.6%)
Hue289.77°
Saturation (HSL)72.88%
Lightness65.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR D1 · G 66 · B E7

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