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Recognised as Colour

#C09CED

  • #C09CED
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#C09CED is a violet with RGB values 192, 156, 237 and HSL 267°, 69%, 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

#C09CED#C09CED
HEX#C09CED
RGBrgb(192, 156, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.7529, 0.6118, 0.9294
RGB percentages75.3%, 61.2%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(266.7, 69.2%, 77.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(266.7, 34.2%, 92.9%)
CMYK19%, 34.2%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,623,085
CSS custom property--colour: #C09CED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41098WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.22:1
Contrast with white2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#3F6312

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8BABF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#92ACEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.6 from the original
Tritanopia#B9A8BAno 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 text9.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 14.6Medium purple · ΔE 22.4Cornflower blue · ΔE 25.2Orchid · ΔE 27.4Violet · ΔE 27.5Thistle · ΔE 32.4
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 14.61, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C9ED9C
Analogous#9CA0ED, #E99CED
Triadic#EDC09C, #9CEDC0
Split complementary#EDE99C, #A0ED9C
Tetradic#ED9CA0, #C9ED9C, #9CEDE9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F7F2FD
Lighter +10%#DBC7F5
Darker −10%#A571E5
Darker −20%#8946DD
Darker −30%#6F25CB
Darker −40%#571DA0
More saturated +25%#BE8DFC
Less saturated −25%#C2ABDE

Channel breakdown

R192
G156
B237
Red192 (75.3%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue266.67°
Saturation (HSL)69.23%
Lightness77.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C0 · G 9C · B ED

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