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Recognised as Colour

#DBA0FD

  • #DBA0FD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#DBA0FD is a violet with RGB values 219, 160, 253 and HSL 278°, 96%, 81%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#DBA0FD#DBA0FD
HEX#DBA0FD
RGBrgb(219, 160, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.8588, 0.6275, 0.9922
RGB percentages85.9%, 62.7%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(278.1, 95.9%, 81%)
HSV / HSBhsv(278.1, 36.8%, 99.2%)
CMYK13.4%, 36.8%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,393,597
CSS custom property--colour: #DBA0FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47294WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.46:1
Contrast with white2.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B3B3B3
Inverted#245F02

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#8FB4FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#9DB8FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.7 from the original
Tritanopia#D8ADC3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.01:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 16.89, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#C2FDA0
Analogous#ACA0FD, #FDA0F1
Triadic#FDDBA0, #A0FDDB
Split complementary#F1FDA0, #A0FDAC
Tetradic#FDACA0, #C2FDA0, #A0F1FD

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EED2FE
Darker −10%#C86EFC
Darker −20%#B53CFB
Darker −30%#A20AFA
Darker −40%#8304CD
More saturated +25%#DC9EFF
Less saturated −25%#D8ACF1

Channel breakdown

R219
G160
B253
Red219 (85.9%)
Green160 (62.7%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue278.06°
Saturation (HSL)95.88%
Lightness80.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DB · G A0 · B FD

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