Colour

#DC9DEA

#DC9DEA
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#DC9DEA is a violet with RGB values 220, 157, 234 and HSL 289°, 65%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#DC9DEA#DC9DEA

HEX#DC9DEA

RGBrgb(220, 157, 234)

RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.6157, 0.9176

RGB percentages86.3%, 61.6%, 91.8%

HSLhsl(289.1, 64.7%, 76.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(289.1, 32.9%, 91.8%)

CMYK6%, 32.9%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,458,346

CSS custom property--colour: #DC9DEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4527WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness187.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.05:1

Contrast with white2.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0

Inverted#236215

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#94AFEDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#A3B6E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.7 from the original

Tritanopia#DDA6B9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.09:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 8.5 Violet · ΔE 21.6 Orchid · ΔE 22.1 Medium purple · ΔE 27.4 Thistle · ΔE 31.5 Pale violetred · ΔE 33.8

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 8.46, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#ABEA9D

Analogous#B69DEA, #EA9DD2

Triadic#EADC9D, #9DEADC

Split complementary#D1EA9D, #9DEAB6

Tetradic#EAB69D, #ABEA9D, #9DD1EA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FAF1FC

Lighter +10%#EBC7F3

Darker −10%#CD73E1

Darker −20%#BE49D8

Darker −30%#A82AC4

Darker −40%#84219A

More saturated +25%#E58EF9

Less saturated −25%#D3ACDB

Channel breakdown

R220

G157

B234

Red220 (86.3%)

Green157 (61.6%)

Blue234 (91.8%)

Hue289.09°

Saturation (HSL)64.71%

Lightness76.67%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR DC · G 9D · B EA

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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