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Recognised as Colour

#DC68FC

  • #DC68FC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#DC68FC is a violet with RGB values 220, 104, 252 and HSL 287°, 96%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#DC68FC#DC68FC
HEX#DC68FC
RGBrgb(220, 104, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.4078, 0.9882
RGB percentages86.3%, 40.8%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(287, 96.1%, 69.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(287, 58.7%, 98.8%)
CMYK12.7%, 58.7%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,444,796
CSS custom property--colour: #DC68FC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32145WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.43:1
Contrast with white2.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B
Inverted#239703

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4292FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 55.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#6F9EF8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 57 from the original
Tritanopia#DC80A9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.83:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 14.2Dark orchid · ΔE 20.9Violet · ΔE 21.3Orchid · ΔE 23Blue violet · ΔE 29.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 29.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 14.21, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#88FC68
Analogous#9268FC, #FC68D2
Triadic#FCDC68, #68FCDC
Split complementary#D2FC68, #68FC92
Tetradic#FC9268, #88FC68, #68D2FC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFEFF
Lighter +20%#F3CCFE
Lighter +10%#E89AFD
Darker −10%#D036FB
Darker −20%#C405F9
Darker −30%#9D04C7
Darker −40%#750395
More saturated +25%#DE65FF
Less saturated −25%#D17BE9

Channel breakdown

R220
G104
B252
Red220 (86.3%)
Green104 (40.8%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue287.03°
Saturation (HSL)96.1%
Lightness69.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DC · G 68 · B FC

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