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Recognised as Colour

#DF6EF9

  • #DF6EF9
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#DF6EF9 is a violet with RGB values 223, 110, 249 and HSL 289°, 92%, 70%. 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

#DF6EF9#DF6EF9
HEX#DF6EF9
RGBrgb(223, 110, 249)
RGB (0–1)0.8745, 0.4314, 0.9765
RGB percentages87.5%, 43.1%, 97.6%
HSLhsl(288.8, 92.1%, 70.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(288.8, 55.8%, 97.6%)
CMYK10.4%, 55.8%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,642,937
CSS custom property--colour: #DF6EF9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33679WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.74:1
Contrast with white2.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#909090
Inverted#209106

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5195FDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 53.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#78A1F5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.1 from the original
Tritanopia#E083A9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.71:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 12.6Violet · ΔE 16.7Orchid · ΔE 18.6Dark orchid · ΔE 23.3Medium purple · ΔE 28.8Medium slateblue · ΔE 29.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 12.56, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#88F96E
Analogous#9A6EF9, #F96ECD
Triadic#F9DF6E, #6EF9DF
Split complementary#CDF96E, #6EF99A
Tetradic#F99A6E, #88F96E, #6ECDF9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F5D0FD
Lighter +10%#EA9FFB
Darker −10%#D43DF7
Darker −20%#C90CF5
Darker −30%#A208C6
Darker −40%#7A0695
More saturated +25%#E368FF
Less saturated −25%#D381E6

Channel breakdown

R223
G110
B249
Red223 (87.5%)
Green110 (43.1%)
Blue249 (97.6%)
Hue288.78°
Saturation (HSL)92.05%
Lightness70.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DF · G 6E · B F9

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