Recognised as Colour

#D496E2

#D496E2
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#D496E2 is a violet with RGB values 212, 150, 226 and HSL 289°, 57%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

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HEX#D496E2

RGBrgb(212, 150, 226)

RGB (0–1)0.8314, 0.5882, 0.8863

RGB percentages83.1%, 58.8%, 88.6%

HSLhsl(288.9, 56.7%, 73.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(288.9, 33.6%, 88.6%)

CMYK6.2%, 33.6%, 0%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,932,258

CSS custom property--colour: #D496E2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41301WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness180.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.26:1

Contrast with white2.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9

Inverted#2B691D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8DA8E5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#9CAEE0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.9 from the original

Tritanopia#D59FB2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.27:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 8.7 Orchid · ΔE 21.3 Violet · ΔE 21.7 Medium purple · ΔE 25.8 Thistle · ΔE 31.9 Pale violetred · ΔE 32.8

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 8.7, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A4E296

Analogous#AE96E2, #E296CA

Triadic#E2D496, #96E2D4

Split complementary#CAE296, #96E2AE

Tetradic#E2AE96, #A4E296, #96CAE2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F5E6F8

Lighter +10%#E4BEED

Darker −10%#C46ED7

Darker −20%#B346CC

Darker −30%#9730AF

Darker −40%#752587

More saturated +25%#DF85F3

Less saturated −25%#C9A7D1

Channel breakdown

R212

G150

B226

Red212 (83.1%)

Green150 (58.8%)

Blue226 (88.6%)

Hue288.95°

Saturation (HSL)56.72%

Lightness73.73%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR D4 · G 96 · B E2

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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