Recognised as Colour

#DE7BFE

#DE7BFE
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Violet

#DE7BFE is a violet with RGB values 222, 123, 254 and HSL 285°, 98%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Violet.

Colour values

#DE7BFE#DE7BFE

HEX#DE7BFE

RGBrgb(222, 123, 254)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.4824, 0.9961

RGB percentages87.1%, 48.2%, 99.6%

HSLhsl(285.3, 98.5%, 73.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(285.3, 51.6%, 99.6%)

CMYK12.6%, 51.6%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,580,734

CSS custom property--colour: #DE7BFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36851WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness176 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.37:1

Contrast with white2.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A

Inverted#218401

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#609DFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#7FA7FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.9 from the original

Tritanopia#DD8FB1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.51:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Violet · ΔE 13.3 Medium orchid · ΔE 13.7 Orchid · ΔE 16.2 Medium purple · ΔE 24.8 Dark orchid · ΔE 26.8 Medium slateblue · ΔE 27.8

Nearest named CSS colourViolet (#EE82EE)ΔE 13.28, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9BFE7B

Analogous#9C7BFE, #FE7BDD

Triadic#FEDE7B, #7BFEDE

Split complementary#DDFE7B, #7BFE9C

Tetradic#FE9C7B, #9BFE7B, #7BDDFE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F7E0FF

Lighter +10%#EBAEFE

Darker −10%#D148FE

Darker −20%#C516FD

Darker −30%#A802DE

Darker −40%#8201AC

More saturated +25%#DF7AFF

Less saturated −25%#D58CED

Channel breakdown

R222

G123

B254

Red222 (87.1%)

Green123 (48.2%)

Blue254 (99.6%)

Hue285.34°

Saturation (HSL)98.5%

Lightness73.92%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR DE · G 7B · B FE

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