Recognised as Colour
#DAA8FD
- #DAA8FD
- Violet
- Light
- Nearest: Plum
#DAA8FD is a violet with RGB values 218, 168, 253 and HSL 275°, 96%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.
Colour values
#DAA8FD#DAA8FD
HEX#DAA8FD
RGBrgb(218, 168, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.8549, 0.6588, 0.9922
RGB percentages85.5%, 65.9%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(275.3, 95.5%, 82.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(275.3, 33.6%, 99.2%)
CMYK13.8%, 33.6%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,330,109
CSS custom property--colour: #DAA8FD;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.50003WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness195.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11:1
Contrast with white1.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#255702
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.91:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#CBFDA8
Analogous#AFA8FD, #FDA8F6
Triadic#FDDAA8, #A8FDDA
Split complementary#F6FDA8, #A8FDAF
Tetradic#FDAFA8, #CBFDA8, #A8F6FD
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R218
G168
B253
Red218 (85.5%)
Green168 (65.9%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue275.29°
Saturation (HSL)95.51%
Lightness82.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DA · G A8 · B FD
Keep nerding
Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.
Nerdulate something else
Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page