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Recognised as Colour

#D37DEC

  • #D37DEC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Violet

#D37DEC is a violet with RGB values 211, 125, 236 and HSL 286°, 74%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Violet.

Colour values

#D37DEC#D37DEC
HEX#D37DEC
RGBrgb(211, 125, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.8275, 0.4902, 0.9255
RGB percentages82.7%, 49%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(286.5, 74.5%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(286.5, 47%, 92.5%)
CMYK10.6%, 47%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,860,332
CSS custom property--colour: #D37DEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34572WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.91:1
Contrast with white2.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#979797
Inverted#2C8213

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6A99F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#82A2E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.8 from the original
Tritanopia#D38CAAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.65:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Violet · ΔE 9.1Orchid · ΔE 9.7Medium orchid · ΔE 15.1Medium purple · ΔE 19.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 28.1Plum · ΔE 28.8
Nearest named CSS colourViolet (#EE82EE)ΔE 9.05, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#96EC7D
Analogous#9B7DEC, #EC7DCE
Triadic#ECD37D, #7DECD3
Split complementary#CDEC7D, #7DEC9C
Tetradic#EC9C7D, #96EC7D, #7DCEEC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F1D6F9
Lighter +10%#E2A9F3
Darker −10%#C451E5
Darker −20%#B524DF
Darker −30%#931BB5
Darker −40%#6F1489
More saturated +25%#DD6AFF
Less saturated −25%#C990D9

Channel breakdown

R211
G125
B236
Red211 (82.7%)
Green125 (49%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue286.49°
Saturation (HSL)74.5%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR D3 · G 7D · B EC

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