Recognised as Colour

#D359ED

#D359ED
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium orchid

#D359ED is a violet with RGB values 211, 89, 237 and HSL 289°, 80%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#D359ED#D359ED

HEX#D359ED

RGBrgb(211, 89, 237)

RGB (0–1)0.8275, 0.349, 0.9294

RGB percentages82.7%, 34.9%, 92.9%

HSLhsl(289.5, 80.4%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(289.5, 62.4%, 92.9%)

CMYK11%, 62.4%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,851,117

CSS custom property--colour: #D359ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27108WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness156.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.42:1

Contrast with white3.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.42:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7E7E7E

Inverted#2CA612

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3186F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 56.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#6693E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 58.8 from the original

Tritanopia#D4729Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.27:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 12.1 Dark orchid · ΔE 17.4 Violet · ΔE 22.8 Orchid · ΔE 23.1 Dark violet · ΔE 27.2 Blue violet · ΔE 27.4

Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 12.08, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#73ED59

Analogous#8959ED, #ED59BD

Triadic#EDD359, #59EDD3

Split complementary#BDED59, #59ED89

Tetradic#ED8959, #73ED59, #59BDED

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F8E3FC

Lighter +20%#EBB5F7

Lighter +10%#DF87F2

Darker −10%#C72BE8

Darker −20%#AA16CA

Darker −30%#84119C

Darker −40%#5D0C6E

More saturated +25%#DF47FF

Less saturated −25%#C470D6

Channel breakdown

R211

G89

B237

Red211 (82.7%)

Green89 (34.9%)

Blue237 (92.9%)

Hue289.46°

Saturation (HSL)80.43%

Lightness63.92%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR D3 · G 59 · B ED

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