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Recognised as Colour

#D38AF9

  • #D38AF9
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Violet

#D38AF9 is a violet with RGB values 211, 138, 249 and HSL 279°, 90%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Violet.

Colour values

#D38AF9#D38AF9
HEX#D38AF9
RGBrgb(211, 138, 249)
RGB (0–1)0.8275, 0.5412, 0.9765
RGB percentages82.7%, 54.1%, 97.6%
HSLhsl(279.5, 90.2%, 75.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(279.5, 44.6%, 97.6%)
CMYK15.3%, 44.6%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,863,673
CSS custom property--colour: #D38AF9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38865WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.77:1
Contrast with white2.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2
Inverted#2C7506

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#73A3FDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#87A9F6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.6 from the original
Tritanopia#D09AB6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Violet · ΔE 12.4Orchid · ΔE 14.6Medium purple · ΔE 17.8Medium orchid · ΔE 19.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 27.1Plum · ΔE 27.2
Nearest named CSS colourViolet (#EE82EE)ΔE 12.45, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B0F98A
Analogous#9B8AF9, #F98AE8
Triadic#F9D38A, #8AF9D3
Split complementary#E7F98A, #8AF99C
Tetradic#F99C8A, #B0F98A, #8AE7F9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F7EBFE
Lighter +10%#E5BBFB
Darker −10%#C159F7
Darker −20%#AF29F4
Darker −30%#960BDF
Darker −40%#7609AE
More saturated +25%#D584FF
Less saturated −25%#CE99EA

Channel breakdown

R211
G138
B249
Red211 (82.7%)
Green138 (54.1%)
Blue249 (97.6%)
Hue279.46°
Saturation (HSL)90.24%
Lightness75.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR D3 · G 8A · B F9

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