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Recognised as Colour

#D66CFF

  • #D66CFF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#D66CFF is a violet with RGB values 214, 108, 255 and HSL 283°, 100%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#D66CFF#D66CFF
HEX#D66CFF
RGBrgb(214, 108, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.8392, 0.4235, 1
RGB percentages83.9%, 42.4%, 100%
HSLhsl(283.3, 100%, 71.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(283.3, 57.6%, 100%)
CMYK16.1%, 57.6%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,052,607
CSS custom property--colour: #D66CFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32241WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.45:1
Contrast with white2.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D
Inverted#299300

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4394FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 53.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#6B9DFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.5 from the original
Tritanopia#D385ACno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.82:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 14Dark orchid · ΔE 20.6Violet · ΔE 21.5Orchid · ΔE 23.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 27.1Medium purple · ΔE 29
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 13.97, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#95FF6C
Analogous#8C6CFF, #FF6CDF
Triadic#FFD66C, #6CFFD6
Split complementary#DFFF6C, #6CFF8C
Tetradic#FF8C6C, #95FF6C, #6CDFFF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F2D2FF
Lighter +10%#E49FFF
Darker −10%#C839FF
Darker −20%#BA06FF
Darker −30%#9700D2
Darker −40%#73009F
More saturated +25%#D66CFF
Less saturated −25%#CE7EED

Channel breakdown

R214
G108
B255
Red214 (83.9%)
Green108 (42.4%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue283.27°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness71.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR D6 · G 6C · B FF

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