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Recognised as Colour

#E480FD

  • #E480FD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Violet

#E480FD is a violet with RGB values 228, 128, 253 and HSL 288°, 97%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Violet.

Colour values

#E480FD#E480FD
HEX#E480FD
RGBrgb(228, 128, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.8941, 0.502, 0.9922
RGB percentages89.4%, 50.2%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(288, 96.9%, 74.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(288, 49.4%, 99.2%)
CMYK9.9%, 49.4%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,975,229
CSS custom property--colour: #E480FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39024WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.8:1
Contrast with white2.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#1B7F02

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6AA1FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#88ABFAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49 from the original
Tritanopia#E591B3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Violet · ΔE 9.8Orchid · ΔE 13.7Medium orchid · ΔE 15.2Medium purple · ΔE 25Dark orchid · ΔE 29.8Medium slateblue · ΔE 29.9
Nearest named CSS colourViolet (#EE82EE)ΔE 9.85, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#99FD80
Analogous#A580FD, #FD80D8
Triadic#FDE480, #80FDE4
Split complementary#D8FD80, #80FDA5
Tetradic#FDA680, #99FD80, #80D8FD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F9E4FF
Lighter +10%#EFB2FE
Darker −10%#D94EFC
Darker −20%#CF1CFB
Darker −30%#B404E0
Darker −40%#8C03AE
More saturated +25%#E57EFF
Less saturated −25%#DA90ED

Channel breakdown

R228
G128
B253
Red228 (89.4%)
Green128 (50.2%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue288°
Saturation (HSL)96.9%
Lightness74.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E4 · G 80 · B FD

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