Recognised as Colour

#D398ED

#D398ED
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#D398ED is a violet with RGB values 211, 152, 237 and HSL 282°, 70%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

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HEX#D398ED

RGBrgb(211, 152, 237)

RGB (0–1)0.8275, 0.5961, 0.9294

RGB percentages82.7%, 59.6%, 92.9%

HSLhsl(281.6, 70.2%, 76.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(281.6, 35.9%, 92.9%)

CMYK11%, 35.9%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,867,245

CSS custom property--colour: #D398ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4242WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness182.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.48:1

Contrast with white2.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB

Inverted#2C6712

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8BABF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#99B0EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.2 from the original

Tritanopia#D2A3B8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.21:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 13.2 Violet · ΔE 19.8 Orchid · ΔE 20.3 Medium purple · ΔE 22.7 Medium orchid · ΔE 31.2 Cornflower blue · ΔE 32.7

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 13.16, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B2ED98

Analogous#A898ED, #ED98DD

Triadic#EDD398, #98EDD3

Split complementary#DDED98, #98EDA8

Tetradic#EDA898, #B2ED98, #98DDED

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F8EFFC

Lighter +10%#E6C3F5

Darker −10%#C06DE5

Darker −20%#AE41DE

Darker −30%#9623C9

Darker −40%#761C9D

More saturated +25%#D989FC

Less saturated −25%#CDA7DE

Channel breakdown

R211

G152

B237

Red211 (82.7%)

Green152 (59.6%)

Blue237 (92.9%)

Hue281.65°

Saturation (HSL)70.25%

Lightness76.27%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR D3 · G 98 · B ED

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Colour values

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