Recognised as Colour

#D19CED

#D19CED
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#D19CED is a violet with RGB values 209, 156, 237 and HSL 279°, 69%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

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HEX#D19CED

RGBrgb(209, 156, 237)

RGB (0–1)0.8196, 0.6118, 0.9294

RGB percentages82%, 61.2%, 92.9%

HSLhsl(279.3, 69.2%, 77.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(279.3, 34.2%, 92.9%)

CMYK11.8%, 34.2%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,737,197

CSS custom property--colour: #D19CED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43447WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness183.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.69:1

Contrast with white2.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD

Inverted#2E6312

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8FADF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28 from the original

Deuteranopia#9BB1EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.1 from the original

Tritanopia#CFA7BAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.17:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 11.4 Violet · ΔE 22.7 Orchid · ΔE 23.1 Medium purple · ΔE 24.1 Cornflower blue · ΔE 31.1 Thistle · ΔE 32.8

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 11.38, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B8ED9C

Analogous#A99CED, #ED9CE0

Triadic#EDD19C, #9CEDD1

Split complementary#E0ED9C, #9CEDA9

Tetradic#EDA99C, #B8ED9C, #9CE0ED

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F9F2FD

Lighter +10%#E5C7F5

Darker −10%#BD71E5

Darker −20%#A946DD

Darker −30%#9225CB

Darker −40%#731DA0

More saturated +25%#D68DFC

Less saturated −25%#CCABDE

Channel breakdown

R209

G156

B237

Red209 (82%)

Green156 (61.2%)

Blue237 (92.9%)

Hue279.26°

Saturation (HSL)69.23%

Lightness77.06%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR D1 · G 9C · B ED

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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