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Recognised as Colour

#C09FED

  • #C09FED
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#C09FED is a violet with RGB values 192, 159, 237 and HSL 265°, 68%, 78%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#C09FED#C09FED
HEX#C09FED
RGBrgb(192, 159, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.7529, 0.6235, 0.9294
RGB percentages75.3%, 62.4%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(265.4, 68.4%, 77.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(265.4, 32.9%, 92.9%)
CMYK19%, 32.9%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,623,853
CSS custom property--colour: #C09FED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42117WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.42:1
Contrast with white2.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC
Inverted#3F6012

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8EADF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#95AEEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.3 from the original
Tritanopia#B9ABBBno 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 text2.23:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 14Medium purple · ΔE 24.1Cornflower blue · ΔE 24.8Orchid · ΔE 29.2Violet · ΔE 29.2Thistle · ΔE 30.5
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 13.97, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CCED9F
Analogous#9FA5ED, #E79FED
Triadic#EDC09F, #9FEDC0
Split complementary#EDE79F, #A5ED9F
Tetradic#ED9FA5, #CCED9F, #9FEDE7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F8F5FD
Lighter +10%#DCCAF5
Darker −10%#A474E5
Darker −20%#8849DD
Darker −30%#6D26CD
Darker −40%#561EA2
More saturated +25%#BE91FB
Less saturated −25%#C2ADDF

Channel breakdown

R192
G159
B237
Red192 (75.3%)
Green159 (62.4%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue265.38°
Saturation (HSL)68.42%
Lightness77.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C0 · G 9F · B ED

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