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Recognised as Colour

#DE8AEF

  • #DE8AEF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Violet

#DE8AEF is a violet with RGB values 222, 138, 239 and HSL 290°, 76%, 74%. 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

#DE8AEF#DE8AEF
HEX#DE8AEF
RGBrgb(222, 138, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.5412, 0.9373
RGB percentages87.1%, 54.1%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(289.9, 75.9%, 73.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(289.9, 42.3%, 93.7%)
CMYK7.1%, 42.3%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,584,559
CSS custom property--colour: #DE8AEF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39939WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.99:1
Contrast with white2.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3
Inverted#217510

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7CA4F3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#93ADECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.8 from the original
Tritanopia#E096B1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.9 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 text8.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Violet · ΔE 8.5Orchid · ΔE 10.5Medium orchid · ΔE 21.5Medium purple · ΔE 21.9Plum · ΔE 22.5Hot pink · ΔE 32
Nearest named CSS colourViolet (#EE82EE)ΔE 8.53, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9BEF8A
Analogous#AC8AEF, #EF8ACD
Triadic#EFDE8A, #8AEFDE
Split complementary#CEEF8A, #8AEFAB
Tetradic#EFAC8A, #9BEF8A, #8ACDEF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F7E4FB
Lighter +10%#EBB7F5
Darker −10%#D15DE9
Darker −20%#C530E3
Darker −30%#A81BC5
Darker −40%#821598
More saturated +25%#E97AFF
Less saturated −25%#D39BDE

Channel breakdown

R222
G138
B239
Red222 (87.1%)
Green138 (54.1%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue289.9°
Saturation (HSL)75.94%
Lightness73.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DE · G 8A · B EF

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