Recognised as Colour

#E79DFE

#E79DFE
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Violet

#E79DFE is a violet with RGB values 231, 157, 254 and HSL 286°, 98%, 81%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Violet.

Colour values

#E79DFE#E79DFE

HEX#E79DFE

RGBrgb(231, 157, 254)

RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.6157, 0.9961

RGB percentages90.6%, 61.6%, 99.6%

HSLhsl(285.8, 98%, 80.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(285.8, 38.2%, 99.6%)

CMYK9.1%, 38.2%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,179,262

CSS custom property--colour: #E79DFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48259WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness194.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.65:1

Contrast with white1.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4

Inverted#186201

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8FB4FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#A1BBFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.4 from the original

Tritanopia#E7A9C2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.97:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Violet · ΔE 13.9 Orchid · ΔE 17.2 Plum · ΔE 19 Medium purple · ΔE 24.7 Medium orchid · ΔE 28.2 Hot pink · ΔE 35.1

Nearest named CSS colourViolet (#EE82EE)ΔE 13.89, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B4FE9D

Analogous#B69DFE, #FE9DE5

Triadic#FEE79D, #9DFEE7

Split complementary#E5FE9D, #9DFEB6

Tetradic#FEB69D, #B4FE9D, #9DE5FE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F3CFFF

Darker −10%#DB6BFD

Darker −20%#CE38FD

Darker −30%#C206FC

Darker −40%#9D02CD

More saturated +25%#E89CFF

Less saturated −25%#E0A9F2

Channel breakdown

R231

G157

B254

Red231 (90.6%)

Green157 (61.6%)

Blue254 (99.6%)

Hue285.77°

Saturation (HSL)97.98%

Lightness80.59%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR E7 · G 9D · B FE

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