Recognised as Colour

#DB9EFC

#DB9EFC
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#DB9EFC is a violet with RGB values 219, 158, 252 and HSL 279°, 94%, 80%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#DB9EFC#DB9EFC

HEX#DB9EFC

RGBrgb(219, 158, 252)

RGB (0–1)0.8588, 0.6196, 0.9882

RGB percentages85.9%, 62%, 98.8%

HSLhsl(278.9, 94%, 80.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(278.9, 37.3%, 98.8%)

CMYK13.1%, 37.3%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,393,084

CSS custom property--colour: #DB9EFC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46542WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness190.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.31:1

Contrast with white2.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2

Inverted#246103

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8DB2FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#9CB7F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.6 from the original

Tritanopia#D8ABC1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.04:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 17.4 Violet · ΔE 17.8 Orchid · ΔE 20 Medium purple · ΔE 22.5 Medium orchid · ΔE 30 Cornflower blue · ΔE 34

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 17.37, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BFFC9E

Analogous#AC9EFC, #FC9EEE

Triadic#FCDB9E, #9EFCDB

Split complementary#EEFC9E, #9EFCAC

Tetradic#FCAC9E, #BFFC9E, #9EEEFC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#EDCFFE

Darker −10%#C96DFA

Darker −20%#B63BF9

Darker −30%#A40AF7

Darker −40%#8406C8

More saturated +25%#DC9BFF

Less saturated −25%#D7ABF0

Channel breakdown

R219

G158

B252

Red219 (85.9%)

Green158 (62%)

Blue252 (98.8%)

Hue278.94°

Saturation (HSL)94%

Lightness80.39%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR DB · G 9E · B FC

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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