Recognised as Colour

#E37BFD

#E37BFD
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Violet

#E37BFD is a violet with RGB values 227, 123, 253 and HSL 288°, 97%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Violet.

Colour values

#E37BFD#E37BFD

HEX#E37BFD

RGBrgb(227, 123, 253)

RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.4824, 0.9922

RGB percentages89%, 48.2%, 99.2%

HSLhsl(288, 97%, 73.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(288, 51.4%, 99.2%)

CMYK10.3%, 51.4%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,908,413

CSS custom property--colour: #E37BFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37589WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness177.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.52:1

Contrast with white2.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A

Inverted#1C8402

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#639EFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#83A9F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.6 from the original

Tritanopia#E48EB1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.47:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Violet · ΔE 12 Medium orchid · ΔE 14.1 Orchid · ΔE 15.3 Medium purple · ΔE 26.1 Dark orchid · ΔE 27.7 Medium slateblue · ΔE 29.6

Nearest named CSS colourViolet (#EE82EE)ΔE 12.01, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#95FD7B

Analogous#A27BFD, #FD7BD6

Triadic#FDE37B, #7BFDE3

Split complementary#D6FD7B, #7BFDA2

Tetradic#FDA27B, #95FD7B, #7BD6FD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F8DFFF

Lighter +10%#EEADFE

Darker −10%#D849FC

Darker −20%#CE17FB

Darker −30%#B003DC

Darker −40%#8803A9

More saturated +25%#E479FF

Less saturated −25%#D98CEC

Channel breakdown

R227

G123

B253

Red227 (89%)

Green123 (48.2%)

Blue253 (99.2%)

Hue288°

Saturation (HSL)97.01%

Lightness73.73%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR E3 · G 7B · B FD

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