Recognised as Colour

#C09ACD

#C09ACD
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#C09ACD is a violet with RGB values 192, 154, 205 and HSL 285°, 34%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#C09ACD#C09ACD

HEX#C09ACD

RGBrgb(192, 154, 205)

RGB (0–1)0.7529, 0.6039, 0.8039

RGB percentages75.3%, 60.4%, 80.4%

HSLhsl(284.7, 33.8%, 70.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(284.7, 24.9%, 80.4%)

CMYK6.3%, 24.9%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,622,541

CSS custom property--colour: #C09ACD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38725WCAG 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 8.75:1

Contrast with white2.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6

Inverted#3F6532

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#94A5CFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#9CA8CBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.9 from the original

Tritanopia#C0A0ACno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 10.5 Thistle · ΔE 19.2 Light steelblue · ΔE 27 Pink · ΔE 28.4 Rosy brown · ΔE 28.5 Light pink · ΔE 29.1

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 10.53, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A7CD9A

Analogous#A79ACD, #CD9AC0

Triadic#CDC09A, #9ACDC0

Split complementary#C1CD9A, #9ACDA6

Tetradic#CDA69A, #A7CD9A, #9AC0CD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#EBDEEF

Lighter +10%#D5BCDE

Darker −10%#AB78BC

Darker −20%#9556AB

Darker −30%#78448A

Darker −40%#5A3368

More saturated +25%#C987E0

Less saturated −25%#B7ADBA

Channel breakdown

R192

G154

B205

Red192 (75.3%)

Green154 (60.4%)

Blue205 (80.4%)

Hue284.71°

Saturation (HSL)33.77%

Lightness70.39%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR C0 · G 9A · B CD

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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