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Recognised as Colour

#E57EFF

  • #E57EFF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Violet

#E57EFF is a violet with RGB values 229, 126, 255 and HSL 288°, 100%, 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

#E57EFF#E57EFF
HEX#E57EFF
RGBrgb(229, 126, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.4941, 1
RGB percentages89.8%, 49.4%, 100%
HSLhsl(287.9, 100%, 74.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(287.9, 50.6%, 100%)
CMYK10.2%, 50.6%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,040,255
CSS custom property--colour: #E57EFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.388WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.76:1
Contrast with white2.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#1A8100

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#66A0FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#86ABFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.9 from the original
Tritanopia#E690B3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.6 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 text8.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Violet · ΔE 11.4Medium orchid · ΔE 15Orchid · ΔE 15.1Medium purple · ΔE 26.1Dark orchid · ΔE 28.7Medium slateblue · ΔE 30
Nearest named CSS colourViolet (#EE82EE)ΔE 11.45, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#98FF7E
Analogous#A57EFF, #FF7ED8
Triadic#FFE57E, #7EFFE5
Split complementary#D9FF7E, #7EFFA4
Tetradic#FFA47E, #98FF7E, #7ED8FF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FAE4FF
Lighter +10%#EFB1FF
Darker −10%#DB4BFF
Darker −20%#D018FF
Darker −30%#B600E4
Darker −40%#8D00B1
More saturated +25%#E57EFF
Less saturated −25%#DB8EEF

Channel breakdown

R229
G126
B255
Red229 (89.8%)
Green126 (49.4%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue287.91°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness74.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E5 · G 7E · B FF

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