Recognised as Colour

#DD6DFF

#DD6DFF
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium orchid

#DD6DFF is a violet with RGB values 221, 109, 255 and HSL 286°, 100%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

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HEX#DD6DFF

RGBrgb(221, 109, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.4275, 1

RGB percentages86.7%, 42.7%, 100%

HSLhsl(286, 100%, 71.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(286, 57.3%, 100%)

CMYK13.3%, 57.3%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,511,615

CSS custom property--colour: #DD6DFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33529WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness170.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.71:1

Contrast with white2.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F

Inverted#229200

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4995FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 54.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#72A0FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.1 from the original

Tritanopia#DC85ACno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.73:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 14.3 Violet · ΔE 20.2 Dark orchid · ΔE 22 Orchid · ΔE 22.3 Medium slateblue · ΔE 29.2 Medium purple · ΔE 30.1

Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 14.26, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8FFF6D

Analogous#946DFF, #FF6DD8

Triadic#FFDD6D, #6DFFDD

Split complementary#D8FF6D, #6DFF94

Tetradic#FF946D, #8FFF6D, #6DD8FF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F5D3FF

Lighter +10%#E9A0FF

Darker −10%#D13AFF

Darker −20%#C507FF

Darker −30%#A200D3

Darker −40%#7B00A0

More saturated +25%#DD6DFF

Less saturated −25%#D37FED

Channel breakdown

R221

G109

B255

Red221 (86.7%)

Green109 (42.7%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue286.03°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness71.37%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR DD · G 6D · B FF

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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