Recognised as Colour

#D170F8

#D170F8
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium orchid

#D170F8 is a violet with RGB values 209, 112, 248 and HSL 283°, 91%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

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HEX#D170F8

RGBrgb(209, 112, 248)

RGB (0–1)0.8196, 0.4392, 0.9725

RGB percentages82%, 43.9%, 97.3%

HSLhsl(282.8, 90.7%, 70.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(282.8, 54.8%, 97.3%)

CMYK15.7%, 54.8%, 0%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,725,944

CSS custom property--colour: #D170F8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31921WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness165.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.38:1

Contrast with white2.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E

Inverted#2E8F07

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4E93FCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#6F9CF5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.4 from the original

Tritanopia#CE86AAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.84:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 11 Violet · ΔE 17.3 Orchid · ΔE 18.7 Dark orchid · ΔE 22 Medium purple · ΔE 24.1 Medium slateblue · ΔE 24.9

Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 10.97, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#97F870

Analogous#8D70F8, #F870DB

Triadic#F8D170, #70F8D1

Split complementary#DBF870, #70F88D

Tetradic#F88D70, #97F870, #70DBF8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F0D1FD

Lighter +10%#E1A1FA

Darker −10%#C13FF6

Darker −20%#B20FF3

Darker −30%#900AC5

Darker −40%#6C0795

More saturated +25%#D469FF

Less saturated −25%#C983E5

Channel breakdown

R209

G112

B248

Red209 (82%)

Green112 (43.9%)

Blue248 (97.3%)

Hue282.79°

Saturation (HSL)90.67%

Lightness70.59%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR D1 · G 70 · B F8

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