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Recognised as Colour

#DC8DF6

  • #DC8DF6
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Violet

#DC8DF6 is a violet with RGB values 220, 141, 246 and HSL 285°, 85%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Violet.

Colour values

#DC8DF6#DC8DF6
HEX#DC8DF6
RGBrgb(220, 141, 246)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.5529, 0.9647
RGB percentages86.3%, 55.3%, 96.5%
HSLhsl(285.1, 85.4%, 75.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(285.1, 42.7%, 96.5%)
CMYK10.6%, 42.7%, 0%, 3.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,454,262
CSS custom property--colour: #DC8DF6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40919WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.18:1
Contrast with white2.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5
Inverted#237209

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7CA6FAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39 from the original
Deuteranopia#91AEF3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.2 from the original
Tritanopia#DC9BB6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.29:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Violet · ΔE 10Orchid · ΔE 12.6Medium purple · ΔE 20.6Medium orchid · ΔE 21.4Plum · ΔE 24Medium slateblue · ΔE 31.1
Nearest named CSS colourViolet (#EE82EE)ΔE 10.01, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A7F68D
Analogous#A78DF6, #F68DDC
Triadic#F6DC8D, #8DF6DC
Split complementary#DBF68D, #8DF6A8
Tetradic#F6A88D, #A7F68D, #8DDCF6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F9ECFD
Lighter +10%#EBBCFA
Darker −10%#CD5EF2
Darker −20%#BF2EEF
Darker −30%#A711D9
Darker −40%#830DAA
More saturated +25%#E184FF
Less saturated −25%#D49CE7

Channel breakdown

R220
G141
B246
Red220 (86.3%)
Green141 (55.3%)
Blue246 (96.5%)
Hue285.14°
Saturation (HSL)85.37%
Lightness75.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DC · G 8D · B F6

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