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Recognised as Colour

#DC55FE

  • #DC55FE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#DC55FE is a violet with RGB values 220, 85, 254 and HSL 288°, 99%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#DC55FE#DC55FE
HEX#DC55FE
RGBrgb(220, 85, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.3333, 0.9961
RGB percentages86.3%, 33.3%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(287.9, 98.8%, 66.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(287.9, 66.5%, 99.6%)
CMYK13.4%, 66.5%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,439,934
CSS custom property--colour: #DC55FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28868WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness161.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.77:1
Contrast with white3.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.77:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7E7E7E
Inverted#23AA01

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0589FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 62.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#5F97FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 63.7 from the original
Tritanopia#DC74A3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 60.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.1:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 19.8Medium orchid · ΔE 21.4Fuchsia · ΔE 23.3Magenta · ΔE 23.3Dark violet · ΔE 23.5Blue violet · ΔE 24.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 19.85, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#77FE55
Analogous#8855FE, #FE55CB
Triadic#FEDC55, #55FEDC
Split complementary#CCFE55, #55FE87
Tetradic#FE8755, #77FE55, #55CBFE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBEDFF
Lighter +20%#F1BAFF
Lighter +10%#E688FE
Darker −10%#D222FE
Darker −20%#BC01EC
Darker −30%#9401B9
Darker −40%#6B0186
More saturated +25%#DD54FF
Less saturated −25%#CF6AE9

Channel breakdown

R220
G85
B254
Red220 (86.3%)
Green85 (33.3%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue287.93°
Saturation (HSL)98.83%
Lightness66.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DC · G 55 · B FE

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