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Recognised as Colour

#D270ED

  • #D270ED
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#D270ED is a violet with RGB values 210, 112, 237 and HSL 287°, 78%, 68%. 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

#D270ED#D270ED
HEX#D270ED
RGBrgb(210, 112, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.8235, 0.4392, 0.9294
RGB percentages82.4%, 43.9%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(287, 77.6%, 68.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(287, 52.7%, 92.9%)
CMYK11.4%, 52.7%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,791,469
CSS custom property--colour: #D270ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31404WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness164.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.28:1
Contrast with white2.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E
Inverted#2D8F12

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5791F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#779BEAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.5 from the original
Tritanopia#D283A4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.88:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 9.4Violet · ΔE 12.5Orchid · ΔE 13Medium purple · ΔE 22.2Dark orchid · ΔE 24.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 26.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 9.36, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8BED70
Analogous#9370ED, #ED70CA
Triadic#EDD270, #70EDD2
Split complementary#CAED70, #70ED93
Tetradic#ED9370, #8BED70, #70CAED

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FDF8FE
Lighter +20%#EFCBF8
Lighter +10%#E09DF3
Darker −10%#C443E7
Darker −20%#B21CDB
Darker −30%#8D16AE
Darker −40%#681081
More saturated +25%#DC5EFF
Less saturated −25%#C784D9

Channel breakdown

R210
G112
B237
Red210 (82.4%)
Green112 (43.9%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue287.04°
Saturation (HSL)77.64%
Lightness68.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR D2 · G 70 · B ED

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