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Recognised as Colour

#C05AF9

  • #C05AF9
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#C05AF9 is a violet with RGB values 192, 90, 249 and HSL 278°, 93%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#C05AF9#C05AF9
HEX#C05AF9
RGBrgb(192, 90, 249)
RGB (0–1)0.7529, 0.3529, 0.9765
RGB percentages75.3%, 35.3%, 97.6%
HSLhsl(278.5, 93%, 66.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(278.5, 63.9%, 97.6%)
CMYK22.9%, 63.9%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,606,201
CSS custom property--colour: #C05AF9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25358WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness151.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.07:1
Contrast with white3.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.07:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7B7B7B
Inverted#3FA506

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0085FEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#488CF5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.3 from the original
Tritanopia#B97AA2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 62.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.46:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 14.3Medium orchid · ΔE 17.1Blue violet · ΔE 19.9Dark violet · ΔE 22.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 25.5Violet · ΔE 30.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 14.29, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#93F95A
Analogous#705AF9, #F95AE3
Triadic#F9C05A, #5AF9C0
Split complementary#E3F95A, #5AF970
Tetradic#F9705A, #93F95A, #5AE3F9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F8EEFE
Lighter +20%#E6BCFD
Lighter +10%#D38BFB
Darker −10%#AD29F7
Darker −20%#9608E5
Darker −30%#7507B3
Darker −40%#550582
More saturated +25%#C254FF
Less saturated −25%#BA6FE4

Channel breakdown

R192
G90
B249
Red192 (75.3%)
Green90 (35.3%)
Blue249 (97.6%)
Hue278.49°
Saturation (HSL)92.98%
Lightness66.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C0 · G 5A · B F9

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