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Recognised as Colour

#DA87EC

  • #DA87EC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Violet

#DA87EC is a violet with RGB values 218, 135, 236 and HSL 289°, 73%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Violet.

Colour values

#DA87EC#DA87EC
HEX#DA87EC
RGBrgb(218, 135, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.8549, 0.5294, 0.9255
RGB percentages85.5%, 52.9%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(289.3, 72.7%, 72.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(289.3, 42.8%, 92.5%)
CMYK7.6%, 42.8%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,321,644
CSS custom property--colour: #DA87EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3829WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.66:1
Contrast with white2.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A0A0A0
Inverted#257813

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#79A1F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#8FA9E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.2 from the original
Tritanopia#DB94AEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.43:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Violet · ΔE 8.9Orchid · ΔE 10Medium orchid · ΔE 20.7Medium purple · ΔE 20.9Plum · ΔE 22.8Hot pink · ΔE 32.2
Nearest named CSS colourViolet (#EE82EE)ΔE 8.86, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#99EC87
Analogous#A787EC, #EC87CC
Triadic#ECDA87, #87ECDA
Split complementary#CCEC87, #87ECA8
Tetradic#ECA887, #99EC87, #87CCEC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F5DFFA
Lighter +10%#E8B3F3
Darker −10%#CC5BE5
Darker −20%#BF2FDE
Darker −30%#A01EBC
Darker −40%#7B1790
More saturated +25%#E576FD
Less saturated −25%#CF98DB

Channel breakdown

R218
G135
B236
Red218 (85.5%)
Green135 (52.9%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue289.31°
Saturation (HSL)72.66%
Lightness72.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DA · G 87 · B EC

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