Recognised as Colour

#C093ED

#C093ED
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#C093ED is a violet with RGB values 192, 147, 237 and HSL 270°, 71%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#C093ED#C093ED

HEX#C093ED

RGBrgb(192, 147, 237)

RGB (0–1)0.7529, 0.5765, 0.9294

RGB percentages75.3%, 57.6%, 92.9%

HSLhsl(270, 71.4%, 75.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(270, 38%, 92.9%)

CMYK19%, 38%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,620,781

CSS custom property--colour: #C093ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38188WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness173.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.64:1

Contrast with white2.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3

Inverted#3F6C12

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7FA5F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#89A7EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.2 from the original

Tritanopia#B9A1B5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.43:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 17.4 Plum · ΔE 17.9 Orchid · ΔE 22.5 Violet · ΔE 22.6 Cornflower blue · ΔE 27.3 Slate blue · ΔE 29.6

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 17.45, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C0ED93

Analogous#9393ED, #ED93ED

Triadic#EDC093, #93EDC0

Split complementary#EDED93, #93ED93

Tetradic#ED9393, #C0ED93, #93EDED

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F3EAFC

Lighter +10%#DABFF4

Darker −10%#A767E6

Darker −20%#8D3CDE

Darker −30%#7421C6

Darker −40%#5A1A9A

More saturated +25%#C083FD

Less saturated −25%#C0A3DD

Channel breakdown

R192

G147

B237

Red192 (75.3%)

Green147 (57.6%)

Blue237 (92.9%)

Hue270°

Saturation (HSL)71.43%

Lightness75.29%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR C0 · G 93 · B ED

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Colour values

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