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Recognised as Colour

#C079FF

  • #C079FF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#C079FF is a violet with RGB values 192, 121, 255 and HSL 272°, 100%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#C079FF#C079FF
HEX#C079FF
RGBrgb(192, 121, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.7529, 0.4745, 1
RGB percentages75.3%, 47.5%, 100%
HSLhsl(271.8, 100%, 73.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(271.8, 52.5%, 100%)
CMYK24.7%, 52.5%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,614,143
CSS custom property--colour: #C079FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32101WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness164.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.42:1
Contrast with white2.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#929292
Inverted#3F8600

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4E97FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#659AFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.6 from the original
Tritanopia#B691B1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.83:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 15.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 18.1Medium purple · ΔE 18.5Violet · ΔE 21Orchid · ΔE 22.2Slate blue · ΔE 24.1
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 15.05, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B8FF79
Analogous#7D79FF, #FF79FB
Triadic#FFC079, #79FFC0
Split complementary#FBFF79, #79FF7D
Tetradic#FF7D79, #B8FF79, #79FBFF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F0DFFF
Lighter +10%#D8ACFF
Darker −10%#A846FF
Darker −20%#9013FF
Darker −30%#7600DF
Darker −40%#5B00AC
More saturated +25%#C079FF
Less saturated −25%#BF8AEE

Channel breakdown

R192
G121
B255
Red192 (75.3%)
Green121 (47.5%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue271.79°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness73.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C0 · G 79 · B FF

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