Recognised as Colour

#E78DFD

#E78DFD
Violet
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Nearest: Violet

#E78DFD is a violet with RGB values 231, 141, 253 and HSL 288°, 97%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Violet.

Colour values

#E78DFD#E78DFD

HEX#E78DFD

RGBrgb(231, 141, 253)

RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.5529, 0.9922

RGB percentages90.6%, 55.3%, 99.2%

HSLhsl(288.2, 96.6%, 77.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(288.2, 44.3%, 99.2%)

CMYK8.7%, 44.3%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,175,165

CSS custom property--colour: #E78DFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43131WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness186.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.63:1

Contrast with white2.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8

Inverted#187202

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7CA9FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#95B3FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.6 from the original

Tritanopia#E89CB9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.18:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Violet · ΔE 7.3 Orchid · ΔE 12.2 Medium orchid · ΔE 20.2 Medium purple · ΔE 23.7 Plum · ΔE 27.7 Medium slateblue · ΔE 32.2

Nearest named CSS colourViolet (#EE82EE)ΔE 7.31, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A3FD8D

Analogous#AF8DFD, #FD8DDB

Triadic#FDE78D, #8DFDE7

Split complementary#DBFD8D, #8DFDAF

Tetradic#FDAF8D, #A3FD8D, #8DDBFD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FCF1FF

Lighter +10%#F2BFFE

Darker −10%#DC5BFC

Darker −20%#D229FB

Darker −30%#BF04ED

Darker −40%#9703BB

More saturated +25%#E88BFF

Less saturated −25%#DE9CEF

Channel breakdown

R231

G141

B253

Red231 (90.6%)

Green141 (55.3%)

Blue253 (99.2%)

Hue288.21°

Saturation (HSL)96.55%

Lightness77.25%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR E7 · G 8D · B FD

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