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Recognised as Colour

#D789FD

  • #D789FD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Violet

#D789FD is a violet with RGB values 215, 137, 253 and HSL 280°, 97%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Violet.

Colour values

#D789FD#D789FD
HEX#D789FD
RGBrgb(215, 137, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.8431, 0.5373, 0.9922
RGB percentages84.3%, 53.7%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(280.3, 96.7%, 76.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.3, 45.8%, 99.2%)
CMYK15%, 45.8%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,125,565
CSS custom property--colour: #D789FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3943WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.89:1
Contrast with white2.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2
Inverted#287602

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#71A4FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#87ABFAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.1 from the original
Tritanopia#D49AB7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.36:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Violet · ΔE 11.8Orchid · ΔE 14.7Medium orchid · ΔE 18.3Medium purple · ΔE 19.2Medium slateblue · ΔE 26.9Slate blue · ΔE 29.5
Nearest named CSS colourViolet (#EE82EE)ΔE 11.8, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AFFD89
Analogous#9D89FD, #FD89E9
Triadic#FDD789, #89FDD7
Split complementary#E9FD89, #89FD9D
Tetradic#FD9D89, #AFFD89, #89E9FD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F9EDFF
Lighter +10%#E8BBFE
Darker −10%#C657FC
Darker −20%#B525FB
Darker −30%#9E04E9
Darker −40%#7C03B7
More saturated +25%#D887FF
Less saturated −25%#D298EE

Channel breakdown

R215
G137
B253
Red215 (84.3%)
Green137 (53.7%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue280.34°
Saturation (HSL)96.67%
Lightness76.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR D7 · G 89 · B FD

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