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Recognised as Colour

#E280FD

  • #E280FD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Violet

#E280FD is a violet with RGB values 226, 128, 253 and HSL 287°, 97%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Violet.

Colour values

#E280FD#E280FD
HEX#E280FD
RGBrgb(226, 128, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.502, 0.9922
RGB percentages88.6%, 50.2%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(287, 96.9%, 74.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(287, 49.4%, 99.2%)
CMYK10.7%, 49.4%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,844,157
CSS custom property--colour: #E280FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38699WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.74:1
Contrast with white2.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#1D7F02

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#69A1FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#87ABFAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.7 from the original
Tritanopia#E292B3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Violet · ΔE 10.2Orchid · ΔE 13.9Medium orchid · ΔE 15.1Medium purple · ΔE 24.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 29.3Dark orchid · ΔE 29.6
Nearest named CSS colourViolet (#EE82EE)ΔE 10.22, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9BFD80
Analogous#A380FD, #FD80DA
Triadic#FDE280, #80FDE2
Split complementary#DAFD80, #80FDA3
Tetradic#FDA380, #9BFD80, #80DAFD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F9E4FF
Lighter +10%#EDB2FE
Darker −10%#D74EFC
Darker −20%#CB1CFB
Darker −30%#B104E0
Darker −40%#8903AE
More saturated +25%#E37EFF
Less saturated −25%#D990ED

Channel breakdown

R226
G128
B253
Red226 (88.6%)
Green128 (50.2%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue287.04°
Saturation (HSL)96.9%
Lightness74.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E2 · G 80 · B FD

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