Recognised as Colour

#D49DEA

#D49DEA
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#D49DEA is a violet with RGB values 212, 157, 234 and HSL 283°, 65%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

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HEX#D49DEA

RGBrgb(212, 157, 234)

RGB (0–1)0.8314, 0.6157, 0.9176

RGB percentages83.1%, 61.6%, 91.8%

HSLhsl(282.9, 64.7%, 76.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(282.9, 32.9%, 91.8%)

CMYK9.4%, 32.9%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,934,058

CSS custom property--colour: #D49DEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44052WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness184.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.81:1

Contrast with white2.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#AEAEAE

Inverted#2B6215

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#92AEEDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#9FB3E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.7 from the original

Tritanopia#D3A6B9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.14:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 9 Violet · ΔE 23.5 Orchid · ΔE 23.7 Medium purple · ΔE 26 Thistle · ΔE 30.9 Cornflower blue · ΔE 32.3

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)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#B3EA9D

Analogous#AE9DEA, #EA9DDA

Triadic#EAD49D, #9DEAD4

Split complementary#D9EA9D, #9DEAAE

Tetradic#EAAE9D, #B3EA9D, #9DD9EA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F9F1FC

Lighter +10%#E6C7F3

Darker −10%#C273E1

Darker −20%#AF49D8

Darker −30%#982AC4

Darker −40%#77219A

More saturated +25%#DA8EF9

Less saturated −25%#CEACDB

Channel breakdown

R212

G157

B234

Red212 (83.1%)

Green157 (61.6%)

Blue234 (91.8%)

Hue282.86°

Saturation (HSL)64.71%

Lightness76.67%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR D4 · G 9D · B EA

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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