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Recognised as Colour

#D4AAEE

  • #D4AAEE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#D4AAEE is a violet with RGB values 212, 170, 238 and HSL 277°, 67%, 80%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#D4AAEE#D4AAEE
HEX#D4AAEE
RGBrgb(212, 170, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.8314, 0.6667, 0.9333
RGB percentages83.1%, 66.7%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(277.1, 66.7%, 80%)
HSV / HSBhsv(277.1, 28.6%, 93.3%)
CMYK10.9%, 28.6%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,937,390
CSS custom property--colour: #D4AAEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4892WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness192 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.78:1
Contrast with white1.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8
Inverted#2B5511

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9FB7F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#A8BBECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.2 from the original
Tritanopia#D2B3C2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.95:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 8.2Thistle · ΔE 24.3Violet · ΔE 30.6Cornflower blue · ΔE 31Orchid · ΔE 31.1Medium purple · ΔE 31.3
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 8.23, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C4EEAA
Analogous#B2AAEE, #EEAAE6
Triadic#EED4AA, #AAEED4
Split complementary#E6EEAA, #AAEEB2
Tetradic#EEB2AA, #C4EEAA, #AAE6EE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E9D5F7
Darker −10%#BE7FE6
Darker −20%#A955DD
Darker −30%#932AD5
Darker −40%#7622AA
More saturated +25%#D79DFB
Less saturated −25%#D1B7E1

Channel breakdown

R212
G170
B238
Red212 (83.1%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue277.06°
Saturation (HSL)66.67%
Lightness80%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR D4 · G AA · B EE

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