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Recognised as Colour

#D78EFD

  • #D78EFD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Violet

#D78EFD is a violet with RGB values 215, 142, 253 and HSL 279°, 97%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Violet.

Colour values

#D78EFD#D78EFD
HEX#D78EFD
RGBrgb(215, 142, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.8431, 0.5569, 0.9922
RGB percentages84.3%, 55.7%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(279.5, 96.5%, 77.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(279.5, 43.9%, 99.2%)
CMYK15%, 43.9%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,126,845
CSS custom property--colour: #D78EFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40885WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.18:1
Contrast with white2.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6
Inverted#287102

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#78A7FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#8BADFAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.6 from the original
Tritanopia#D49EBAno 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 text2.29:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Violet · ΔE 12.5Orchid · ΔE 15.2Medium purple · ΔE 18.9Medium orchid · ΔE 20.8Plum · ΔE 26.8Medium slateblue · ΔE 28
Nearest named CSS colourViolet (#EE82EE)ΔE 12.46, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B4FD8E
Analogous#A08EFD, #FD8EEC
Triadic#FDD78E, #8EFDD7
Split complementary#EBFD8E, #8EFDA0
Tetradic#FDA08E, #B4FD8E, #8EEBFD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FAF2FF
Lighter +10%#E9C0FE
Darker −10%#C55CFC
Darker −20%#B42AFB
Darker −30%#9E04EE
Darker −40%#7D03BC
More saturated +25%#D88CFF
Less saturated −25%#D29CEF

Channel breakdown

R215
G142
B253
Red215 (84.3%)
Green142 (55.7%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue279.46°
Saturation (HSL)96.52%
Lightness77.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR D7 · G 8E · B FD

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