Recognised as Colour

#C09CEC

#C09CEC
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#C09CEC is a violet with RGB values 192, 156, 236 and HSL 267°, 68%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

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HEX#C09CEC

RGBrgb(192, 156, 236)

RGB (0–1)0.7529, 0.6118, 0.9255

RGB percentages75.3%, 61.2%, 92.5%

HSLhsl(267, 67.8%, 76.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(267, 33.9%, 92.5%)

CMYK18.6%, 33.9%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,623,084

CSS custom property--colour: #C09CEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4104WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness177.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.21:1

Contrast with white2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9

Inverted#3F6313

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8BABEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#92ACEAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.7 from the original

Tritanopia#B9A8B9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.28:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 14.2 Medium purple · ΔE 22.7 Cornflower blue · ΔE 25.3 Orchid · ΔE 27.6 Violet · ΔE 27.7 Thistle · ΔE 31.9

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 14.22, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C8EC9C

Analogous#9CA0EC, #E89CEC

Triadic#ECC09C, #9CECC0

Split complementary#ECE89C, #A0EC9C

Tetradic#EC9CA0, #C8EC9C, #9CECE8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F6F2FC

Lighter +10%#DBC7F4

Darker −10%#A571E4

Darker −20%#8A46DC

Darker −30%#6F26C9

Darker −40%#581E9E

More saturated +25%#BF8DFB

Less saturated −25%#C1ABDD

Channel breakdown

R192

G156

B236

Red192 (75.3%)

Green156 (61.2%)

Blue236 (92.5%)

Hue267°

Saturation (HSL)67.8%

Lightness76.86%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR C0 · G 9C · B EC

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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