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Recognised as Colour

#E590FA

  • #E590FA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Violet

#E590FA is a violet with RGB values 229, 144, 250 and HSL 288°, 91%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Violet.

Colour values

#E590FA#E590FA
HEX#E590FA
RGBrgb(229, 144, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.5647, 0.9804
RGB percentages89.8%, 56.5%, 98%
HSLhsl(288.1, 91.4%, 77.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(288.1, 42.4%, 98%)
CMYK8.4%, 42.4%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,044,858
CSS custom property--colour: #E590FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43507WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness187 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.7:1
Contrast with white2.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#1A6F05

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#80AAFEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#97B3F7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.1 from the original
Tritanopia#E69DB9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.16:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Violet · ΔE 8.4Orchid · ΔE 12.4Medium orchid · ΔE 22.1Medium purple · ΔE 23.1Plum · ΔE 24.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 33.1
Nearest named CSS colourViolet (#EE82EE)ΔE 8.37, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A5FA90
Analogous#B090FA, #FA90DA
Triadic#FAE590, #90FAE5
Split complementary#DAFA90, #90FAB0
Tetradic#FAB090, #A5FA90, #90DAFA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FCF2FE
Lighter +10%#F0C1FC
Darker −10%#DA5FF8
Darker −20%#CE2EF6
Darker −30%#BB0AE7
Darker −40%#9308B6
More saturated +25%#E88BFF
Less saturated −25%#DC9FEB

Channel breakdown

R229
G144
B250
Red229 (89.8%)
Green144 (56.5%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue288.11°
Saturation (HSL)91.38%
Lightness77.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E5 · G 90 · B FA

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