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Recognised as Colour

#E175FE

  • #E175FE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#E175FE is a violet with RGB values 225, 117, 254 and HSL 287°, 99%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#E175FE#E175FE
HEX#E175FE
RGBrgb(225, 117, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.4588, 0.9961
RGB percentages88.2%, 45.9%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(287.3, 98.6%, 72.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(287.3, 53.9%, 99.6%)
CMYK11.4%, 53.9%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,775,806
CSS custom property--colour: #E175FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35886WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.18:1
Contrast with white2.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#1E8A01

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#599AFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#7DA5FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.9 from the original
Tritanopia#E18AAFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.57:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 13.6Violet · ΔE 15.5Orchid · ΔE 18.1Dark orchid · ΔE 25Medium purple · ΔE 27.8Medium slateblue · ΔE 29.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 13.58, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#92FE75
Analogous#9C75FE, #FE75D7
Triadic#FEE175, #75FEE1
Split complementary#D7FE75, #75FE9C
Tetradic#FE9C75, #92FE75, #75D7FE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F7DAFF
Lighter +10%#ECA8FE
Darker −10%#D642FE
Darker −20%#CB10FD
Darker −30%#AB02D8
Darker −40%#8301A6
More saturated +25%#E274FF
Less saturated −25%#D786ED

Channel breakdown

R225
G117
B254
Red225 (88.2%)
Green117 (45.9%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue287.3°
Saturation (HSL)98.56%
Lightness72.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E1 · G 75 · B FE

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