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Recognised as Colour

#E26AFC

  • #E26AFC
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#E26AFC is a violet with RGB values 226, 106, 252 and HSL 289°, 96%, 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

#E26AFC#E26AFC
HEX#E26AFC
RGBrgb(226, 106, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.4157, 0.9882
RGB percentages88.6%, 41.6%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(289.3, 96.1%, 70.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(289.3, 57.9%, 98.8%)
CMYK10.3%, 57.9%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,838,524
CSS custom property--colour: #E26AFC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33505WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.7:1
Contrast with white2.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E
Inverted#1D9503

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4A94FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 55.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#76A1F8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 57.8 from the original
Tritanopia#E381A9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.73:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 14.5Violet · ΔE 19.8Orchid · ΔE 21.8Dark orchid · ΔE 22.5Medium slateblue · ΔE 31.5Blue violet · ΔE 31.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 14.52, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#84FC6A
Analogous#996AFC, #FC6ACD
Triadic#FCE26A, #6AFCE2
Split complementary#CDFC6A, #6AFC99
Tetradic#FC996A, #84FC6A, #6ACDFC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F5CEFE
Lighter +10%#EC9CFD
Darker −10%#D838FB
Darker −20%#CF06FA
Darker −30%#A604C9
Darker −40%#7D0397
More saturated +25%#E467FF
Less saturated −25%#D67DE9

Channel breakdown

R226
G106
B252
Red226 (88.6%)
Green106 (41.6%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue289.32°
Saturation (HSL)96.05%
Lightness70.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E2 · G 6A · B FC

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