Recognised as Colour

#DAA6EF

#DAA6EF
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#DAA6EF is a violet with RGB values 218, 166, 239 and HSL 283°, 70%, 79%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#DAA6EF#DAA6EF

HEX#DAA6EF

RGBrgb(218, 166, 239)

RGB (0–1)0.8549, 0.651, 0.9373

RGB percentages85.5%, 65.1%, 93.7%

HSLhsl(282.7, 69.5%, 79.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(282.7, 30.5%, 93.7%)

CMYK8.8%, 30.5%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,329,583

CSS custom property--colour: #DAA6EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4841WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness192.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.68:1

Contrast with white1.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6

Inverted#255910

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9CB6F2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#A7BAEDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.9 from the original

Tritanopia#D9AFC0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.97:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 7.5 Violet · ΔE 26.3 Orchid · ΔE 27 Thistle · ΔE 27.7 Medium purple · ΔE 29.4 Cornflower blue · ΔE 32.9

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 7.45, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#BBEFA6

Analogous#B6A6EF, #EFA6E0

Triadic#EFDAA6, #A6EFDA

Split complementary#E0EFA6, #A6EFB6

Tetradic#EFB6A6, #BBEFA6, #A6E0EF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FEFCFF

Lighter +10%#ECD1F7

Darker −10%#C87BE7

Darker −20%#B650DF

Darker −30%#A326D6

Darker −40%#821FAA

More saturated +25%#E099FC

Less saturated −25%#D4B3E2

Channel breakdown

R218

G166

B239

Red218 (85.5%)

Green166 (65.1%)

Blue239 (93.7%)

Hue282.74°

Saturation (HSL)69.52%

Lightness79.41%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR DA · G A6 · B EF

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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