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Recognised as Colour

#D78DFC

  • #D78DFC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Violet

#D78DFC is a violet with RGB values 215, 141, 252 and HSL 280°, 95%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Violet.

Colour values

#D78DFC#D78DFC
HEX#D78DFC
RGBrgb(215, 141, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.8431, 0.5529, 0.9882
RGB percentages84.3%, 55.3%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(280, 94.9%, 77.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280, 44%, 98.8%)
CMYK14.7%, 44%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,126,588
CSS custom property--colour: #D78DFC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40525WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.11:1
Contrast with white2.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5
Inverted#287203

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#77A6FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#8BADF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.3 from the original
Tritanopia#D49DB9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.31:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Violet · ΔE 12.1Orchid · ΔE 14.8Medium purple · ΔE 18.9Medium orchid · ΔE 20.4Plum · ΔE 26.9Medium slateblue · ΔE 28
Nearest named CSS colourViolet (#EE82EE)ΔE 12.12, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B2FC8D
Analogous#A08DFC, #FC8DE9
Triadic#FCD78D, #8DFCD7
Split complementary#EAFC8D, #8DFCA0
Tetradic#FCA08D, #B2FC8D, #8DEAFC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FAF0FF
Lighter +10%#E8BFFD
Darker −10%#C65BFB
Darker −20%#B42AF9
Darker −30%#9E06EA
Darker −40%#7C05B8
More saturated +25%#D88AFF
Less saturated −25%#D29CED

Channel breakdown

R215
G141
B252
Red215 (84.3%)
Green141 (55.3%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue280°
Saturation (HSL)94.87%
Lightness77.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR D7 · G 8D · B FC

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