Recognised as Colour

#C090EF

#C090EF
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#C090EF is a violet with RGB values 192, 144, 239 and HSL 270°, 75%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#C090EF#C090EF

HEX#C090EF

RGBrgb(192, 144, 239)

RGB (0–1)0.7529, 0.5647, 0.9373

RGB percentages75.3%, 56.5%, 93.7%

HSLhsl(270.3, 74.8%, 75.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(270.3, 39.7%, 93.7%)

CMYK19.7%, 39.7%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,620,015

CSS custom property--colour: #C090EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37385WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness172.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.48:1

Contrast with white2.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1

Inverted#3F6F10

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7BA3F3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#86A5ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.6 from the original

Tritanopia#B99FB4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.48:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 15.5 Plum · ΔE 20.2 Violet · ΔE 20.9 Orchid · ΔE 20.9 Medium orchid · ΔE 27.7 Slate blue · ΔE 27.8

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 15.51, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BFEF90

Analogous#9090EF, #EF90EF

Triadic#EFC090, #90EFC0

Split complementary#EEEF90, #90EF91

Tetradic#EF9190, #BFEF90, #90EFEF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F3E9FC

Lighter +10%#D9BDF5

Darker −10%#A763E9

Darker −20%#8D37E2

Darker −30%#741DC9

Darker −40%#5A179C

More saturated +25%#C080FF

Less saturated −25%#C0A0DF

Channel breakdown

R192

G144

B239

Red192 (75.3%)

Green144 (56.5%)

Blue239 (93.7%)

Hue270.32°

Saturation (HSL)74.8%

Lightness75.1%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR C0 · G 90 · B EF

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