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Colour

#DC6AFF

  • #DC6AFF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#DC6AFF is a violet with RGB values 220, 106, 255 and HSL 286°, 100%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#DC6AFF#DC6AFF
HEX#DC6AFF
RGBrgb(220, 106, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.4157, 1
RGB percentages86.3%, 41.6%, 100%
HSLhsl(285.9, 100%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(285.9, 58.4%, 100%)
CMYK13.7%, 58.4%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,445,311
CSS custom property--colour: #DC6AFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32744WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness168.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.55:1
Contrast with white2.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D
Inverted#239500

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4394FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 55.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#6F9FFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56.3 from the original
Tritanopia#DB83ABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.78:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 14.8Dark orchid · ΔE 21.1Violet · ΔE 21.7Orchid · ΔE 23.6Blue violet · ΔE 29.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 29.5
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 14.83, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8DFF6A
Analogous#916AFF, #FF6AD8
Triadic#FFDC6A, #6AFFDC
Split complementary#D8FF6A, #6AFF91
Tetradic#FF916A, #8DFF6A, #6AD8FF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F4D0FF
Lighter +10%#E89DFF
Darker −10%#D037FF
Darker −20%#C404FF
Darker −30%#9F00D0
Darker −40%#78009D
More saturated +25%#DC6AFF
Less saturated −25%#D27DEC

Channel breakdown

R220
G106
B255
Red220 (86.3%)
Green106 (41.6%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue285.91°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DC · G 6A · B FF

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