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Recognised as Colour

#C115EE

  • #C115EE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#C115EE is a violet with RGB values 193, 21, 238 and HSL 288°, 86%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#C115EE#C115EE
HEX#C115EE
RGBrgb(193, 21, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.7569, 0.0824, 0.9333
RGB percentages75.7%, 8.2%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(287.6, 86.5%, 50.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(287.6, 91.2%, 93.3%)
CMYK18.9%, 91.2%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,654,062
CSS custom property--colour: #C115EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18047WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness133.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.61:1
Contrast with white4.56:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.61:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#494949
Inverted#3EEA11

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#006DF3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 58.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#157AEAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 70 from the original
Tritanopia#BE558Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.56:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 13.1Blue violet · ΔE 17.6Fuchsia · ΔE 19.2Magenta · ΔE 19.2Dark orchid · ΔE 22.5Medium orchid · ΔE 34
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 13.13, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#42EE15
Analogous#5515EE, #EE15AE
Triadic#EEC115, #15EEC1
Split complementary#AFEE15, #15EE54
Tetradic#EE5415, #42EE15, #15AEEE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3D3FC
Lighter +30%#E7A4F8
Lighter +20%#DA74F5
Lighter +10%#CE45F1
Darker −10%#9D0EC2
Darker −20%#760B92
Darker −30%#500763
Darker −40%#290433
More saturated +25%#CB04FF
Less saturated −25%#AF34CF

Channel breakdown

R193
G21
B238
Red193 (75.7%)
Green21 (8.2%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue287.56°
Saturation (HSL)86.45%
Lightness50.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C1 · G 15 · B EE

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