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Recognised as Colour

#DC88FC

  • #DC88FC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Violet

#DC88FC is a violet with RGB values 220, 136, 252 and HSL 283°, 95%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Violet.

Colour values

#DC88FC#DC88FC
HEX#DC88FC
RGBrgb(220, 136, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.5333, 0.9882
RGB percentages86.3%, 53.3%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(283.4, 95.1%, 76.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(283.4, 46%, 98.8%)
CMYK12.7%, 46%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,452,988
CSS custom property--colour: #DC88FC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39852WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.97:1
Contrast with white2.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2
Inverted#237703

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#72A4FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#8AACF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.9 from the original
Tritanopia#DB99B6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.34:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Violet · ΔE 10Orchid · ΔE 13.3Medium orchid · ΔE 17.8Medium purple · ΔE 20.8Medium slateblue · ΔE 28.3Plum · ΔE 29.8
Nearest named CSS colourViolet (#EE82EE)ΔE 9.95, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A8FC88
Analogous#A288FC, #FC88E2
Triadic#FCDC88, #88FCDC
Split complementary#E2FC88, #88FCA2
Tetradic#FCA288, #A8FC88, #88E2FC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F9EBFF
Lighter +10%#EBBAFD
Darker −10%#CD56FB
Darker −20%#BF25F9
Darker −30%#A806E5
Darker −40%#8305B3
More saturated +25%#DD85FF
Less saturated −25%#D597ED

Channel breakdown

R220
G136
B252
Red220 (86.3%)
Green136 (53.3%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue283.45°
Saturation (HSL)95.08%
Lightness76.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DC · G 88 · B FC

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