Recognised as Colour

#C09DEC

#C09DEC
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#C09DEC is a violet with RGB values 192, 157, 236 and HSL 267°, 68%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

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HEX#C09DEC

RGBrgb(192, 157, 236)

RGB (0–1)0.7529, 0.6157, 0.9255

RGB percentages75.3%, 61.6%, 92.5%

HSLhsl(266.6, 67.5%, 77.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(266.6, 33.5%, 92.5%)

CMYK18.6%, 33.5%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,623,340

CSS custom property--colour: #C09DEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41377WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness178.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.28:1

Contrast with white2.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA

Inverted#3F6213

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8CABEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#93ACEAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.8 from the original

Tritanopia#B9A9BAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.26:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 14 Medium purple · ΔE 23.3 Cornflower blue · ΔE 25.2 Orchid · ΔE 28.2 Violet · ΔE 28.3 Thistle · ΔE 31.3

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 13.99, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C9EC9D

Analogous#9DA2EC, #E79DEC

Triadic#ECC09D, #9DECC0

Split complementary#ECE79D, #A2EC9D

Tetradic#EC9DA2, #C9EC9D, #9DECE7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F7F2FD

Lighter +10%#DBC8F4

Darker −10%#A572E4

Darker −20%#8948DB

Darker −30%#6F27C9

Darker −40%#571F9E

More saturated +25%#BE8EFB

Less saturated −25%#C2ACDD

Channel breakdown

R192

G157

B236

Red192 (75.3%)

Green157 (61.6%)

Blue236 (92.5%)

Hue266.58°

Saturation (HSL)67.52%

Lightness77.06%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR C0 · G 9D · B EC

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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