Recognised as Colour

#C048D9

#C048D9
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium orchid

#C048D9 is a violet with RGB values 192, 72, 217 and HSL 290°, 66%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

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HEX#C048D9

RGBrgb(192, 72, 217)

RGB (0–1)0.7529, 0.2824, 0.851

RGB percentages75.3%, 28.2%, 85.1%

HSLhsl(289.7, 65.6%, 56.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(289.7, 66.8%, 85.1%)

CMYK11.5%, 66.8%, 0%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,601,561

CSS custom property--colour: #C048D9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20851WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness139.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.17:1

Contrast with white4.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.17:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#6C6C6C

Inverted#3FB726

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1376DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 55.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#5582D5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 57.6 from the original

Tritanopia#C1628Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.06:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 9.4 Dark orchid · ΔE 12.5 Orchid · ΔE 23.6 Dark violet · ΔE 24.3 Dark magenta · ΔE 24.7 Blue violet · ΔE 25.1

Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 9.44, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#61D948

Analogous#7748D9, #D948AA

Triadic#D9C048, #48D9C0

Split complementary#AAD948, #48D977

Tetradic#D97748, #61D948, #48AAD9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FAF1FC

Lighter +30%#ECC7F3

Lighter +20%#DD9CEB

Lighter +10%#CF72E2

Darker −10%#AA29C5

Darker −20%#86209B

Darker −30%#611771

Darker −40%#3D0F46

More saturated +25%#D22CF5

Less saturated −25%#AE64BD

Channel breakdown

R192

G72

B217

Red192 (75.3%)

Green72 (28.2%)

Blue217 (85.1%)

Hue289.66°

Saturation (HSL)65.61%

Lightness56.67%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR C0 · G 48 · B D9

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Colour values

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