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Recognised as Colour

#DF50FF

  • #DF50FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Fuchsia

#DF50FF is a violet with RGB values 223, 80, 255 and HSL 289°, 100%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Fuchsia.

Colour values

#DF50FF#DF50FF
HEX#DF50FF
RGBrgb(223, 80, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.8745, 0.3137, 1
RGB percentages87.5%, 31.4%, 100%
HSLhsl(289, 100%, 65.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(289, 68.6%, 100%)
CMYK12.5%, 68.6%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,635,263
CSS custom property--colour: #DF50FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28645WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness161.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.73:1
Contrast with white3.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.73:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7B7B7B
Inverted#20AF00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0088FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 64.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#5E97FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 66.3 from the original
Tritanopia#DF71A2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 61.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.12:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Fuchsia · ΔE 20.6Magenta · ΔE 20.6Dark orchid · ΔE 21.2Dark violet · ΔE 23Medium orchid · ΔE 23.9Blue violet · ΔE 24.2
Nearest named CSS colourFuchsia (#FF00FF)ΔE 20.62, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#70FF50
Analogous#8850FF, #FF50C7
Triadic#FFDF50, #50FFDF
Split complementary#C8FF50, #50FF87
Tetradic#FF8750, #70FF50, #50C7FF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBE9FF
Lighter +20%#F2B6FF
Lighter +10%#E883FF
Darker −10%#D61DFF
Darker −20%#BE00E9
Darker −30%#9500B6
Darker −40%#6B0083
More saturated +25%#DF50FF
Less saturated −25%#D166E9

Channel breakdown

R223
G80
B255
Red223 (87.5%)
Green80 (31.4%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue289.03°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness65.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DF · G 50 · B FF

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