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Recognised as Colour

#E38CF9

  • #E38CF9
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Violet

#E38CF9 is a violet with RGB values 227, 140, 249 and HSL 288°, 90%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Violet.

Colour values

#E38CF9#E38CF9
HEX#E38CF9
RGBrgb(227, 140, 249)
RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.549, 0.9765
RGB percentages89%, 54.9%, 97.6%
HSLhsl(287.9, 90.1%, 76.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(287.9, 43.8%, 97.6%)
CMYK8.8%, 43.8%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,912,761
CSS custom property--colour: #E38CF9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41927WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.39:1
Contrast with white2.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6
Inverted#1C7306

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7BA7FDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#93B0F6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.1 from the original
Tritanopia#E49AB7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.24:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Violet · ΔE 7.6Orchid · ΔE 11.6Medium orchid · ΔE 20.3Medium purple · ΔE 22.6Plum · ΔE 26.2Medium slateblue · ΔE 31.9
Nearest named CSS colourViolet (#EE82EE)ΔE 7.6, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A2F98C
Analogous#AC8CF9, #F98CD9
Triadic#F9E38C, #8CF9E3
Split complementary#D8F98C, #8CF9AD
Tetradic#F9AD8C, #A2F98C, #8CD8F9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FBEDFE
Lighter +10%#EFBCFC
Darker −10%#D75CF6
Darker −20%#CB2BF4
Darker −30%#B50CE0
Darker −40%#8E09B0
More saturated +25%#E786FF
Less saturated −25%#DA9BEA

Channel breakdown

R227
G140
B249
Red227 (89%)
Green140 (54.9%)
Blue249 (97.6%)
Hue287.89°
Saturation (HSL)90.08%
Lightness76.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E3 · G 8C · B F9

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