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Recognised as Colour

#D172E5

  • #D172E5
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Orchid

#D172E5 is a violet with RGB values 209, 114, 229 and HSL 290°, 69%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orchid.

Colour values

#D172E5#D172E5
HEX#D172E5
RGBrgb(209, 114, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.8196, 0.4471, 0.898
RGB percentages82%, 44.7%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(289.6, 68.9%, 67.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(289.6, 50.2%, 89.8%)
CMYK8.7%, 50.2%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,726,437
CSS custom property--colour: #D172E5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31247WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness163.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.25:1
Contrast with white2.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F
Inverted#2E8D1A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5F91E9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#7C9BE2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.9 from the original
Tritanopia#D282A1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.9:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orchid · ΔE 8.6Violet · ΔE 9.5Medium orchid · ΔE 11Medium purple · ΔE 20.6Dark orchid · ΔE 27.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 28.2
Nearest named CSS colourOrchid (#DA70D6)ΔE 8.63, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#86E572
Analogous#9872E5, #E572C0
Triadic#E5D172, #72E5D1
Split complementary#C0E572, #72E598
Tetradic#E59872, #86E572, #72BFE5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBF3FD
Lighter +20%#EDC8F5
Lighter +10%#DF9DED
Darker −10%#C347DD
Darker −20%#AF26CB
Darker −30%#8A1EA0
Darker −40%#651675
More saturated +25%#DF5DFA
Less saturated −25%#C387D0

Channel breakdown

R209
G114
B229
Red209 (82%)
Green114 (44.7%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue289.57°
Saturation (HSL)68.86%
Lightness67.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR D1 · G 72 · B E5

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