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Recognised as Colour

#D76CEF

  • #D76CEF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#D76CEF is a violet with RGB values 215, 108, 239 and HSL 289°, 80%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#D76CEF#D76CEF
HEX#D76CEF
RGBrgb(215, 108, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.8431, 0.4235, 0.9373
RGB percentages84.3%, 42.4%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(289, 80.4%, 68%)
HSV / HSBhsv(289, 54.8%, 93.7%)
CMYK10%, 54.8%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,118,127
CSS custom property--colour: #D76CEF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31404WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness164.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.28:1
Contrast with white2.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8C8C8C
Inverted#289310

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5291F3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51 from the original
Deuteranopia#769CEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.7 from the original
Tritanopia#D87FA4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.88:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 9.4Violet · ΔE 14.1Orchid · ΔE 15Dark orchid · ΔE 23.1Medium purple · ΔE 25.5Medium slateblue · ΔE 28.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 9.44, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#84EF6C
Analogous#966CEF, #EF6CC5
Triadic#EFD76C, #6CEFD7
Split complementary#C5EF6C, #6CEF96
Tetradic#EF966C, #84EF6C, #6CC5EF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FDF6FE
Lighter +20%#F0C8F9
Lighter +10%#E49AF4
Darker −10%#CA3EEA
Darker −20%#B918DD
Darker −30%#9213AF
Darker −40%#6C0E81
More saturated +25%#E15CFF
Less saturated −25%#CA80DB

Channel breakdown

R215
G108
B239
Red215 (84.3%)
Green108 (42.4%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue289.01°
Saturation (HSL)80.37%
Lightness68.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR D7 · G 6C · B EF

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