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Recognised as Colour

#D77DEC

  • #D77DEC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Violet

#D77DEC is a violet with RGB values 215, 125, 236 and HSL 289°, 74%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Violet.

Colour values

#D77DEC#D77DEC
HEX#D77DEC
RGBrgb(215, 125, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.8431, 0.4902, 0.9255
RGB percentages84.3%, 49%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(288.6, 74.5%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(288.6, 47%, 92.5%)
CMYK8.9%, 47%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,122,476
CSS custom property--colour: #D77DEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3517WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.03:1
Contrast with white2.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#989898
Inverted#288213

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6B9AF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#85A3E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.7 from the original
Tritanopia#D88CAAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.61:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Violet · ΔE 7.7Orchid · ΔE 8.7Medium orchid · ΔE 15.2Medium purple · ΔE 20.5Plum · ΔE 28.8Medium slateblue · ΔE 29.4
Nearest named CSS colourViolet (#EE82EE)ΔE 7.68, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#92EC7D
Analogous#9F7DEC, #EC7DCA
Triadic#ECD77D, #7DECD7
Split complementary#CAEC7D, #7DECA0
Tetradic#EC9F7D, #92EC7D, #7DC9EC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F2D6F9
Lighter +10%#E5A9F3
Darker −10%#C951E5
Darker −20%#BC24DF
Darker −30%#981BB5
Darker −40%#731489
More saturated +25%#E36AFF
Less saturated −25%#CB90D9

Channel breakdown

R215
G125
B236
Red215 (84.3%)
Green125 (49%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue288.65°
Saturation (HSL)74.5%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR D7 · G 7D · B EC

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