Recognised as Colour

#D16CFC

#D16CFC
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium orchid

#D16CFC is a violet with RGB values 209, 108, 252 and HSL 282°, 96%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

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HEX#D16CFC

RGBrgb(209, 108, 252)

RGB (0–1)0.8196, 0.4235, 0.9882

RGB percentages82%, 42.4%, 98.8%

HSLhsl(282.1, 96%, 70.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(282.1, 57.1%, 98.8%)

CMYK17.1%, 57.1%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,724,924

CSS custom property--colour: #D16CFC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31309WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness164.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.26:1

Contrast with white2.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#8C8C8C

Inverted#2E9303

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4392FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#699BF8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.9 from the original

Tritanopia#CE85AAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.89:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 12.7 Dark orchid · ΔE 20.1 Violet · ΔE 20.9 Orchid · ΔE 22.3 Medium slateblue · ΔE 25.4 Medium purple · ΔE 27

Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 12.65, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#97FC6C

Analogous#896CFC, #FC6CDF

Triadic#FCD16C, #6CFCD1

Split complementary#DFFC6C, #6CFC89

Tetradic#FC896C, #97FC6C, #6CDFFC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F0D0FE

Lighter +10%#E19EFD

Darker −10%#C13AFB

Darker −20%#B208FA

Darker −30%#9004CB

Darker −40%#6C0399

More saturated +25%#D269FF

Less saturated −25%#C97FE9

Channel breakdown

R209

G108

B252

Red209 (82%)

Green108 (42.4%)

Blue252 (98.8%)

Hue282.08°

Saturation (HSL)96%

Lightness70.59%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR D1 · G 6C · B FC

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