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Recognised as Colour

#C12AED

  • #C12AED
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark violet

#C12AED is a violet with RGB values 193, 42, 237 and HSL 286°, 84%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark violet.

Colour values

#C12AED#C12AED
HEX#C12AED
RGBrgb(193, 42, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.7569, 0.1647, 0.9294
RGB percentages75.7%, 16.5%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(286.5, 84.4%, 54.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(286.5, 82.3%, 92.9%)
CMYK18.6%, 82.3%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,659,437
CSS custom property--colour: #C12AED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19108WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness136.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.82:1
Contrast with white4.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.82:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#585858
Inverted#3ED512

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0070F2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 57.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#2A7DE9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 66.8 from the original
Tritanopia#BE5B8Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 66.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.36:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark violet · ΔE 12.6Blue violet · ΔE 16.1Dark orchid · ΔE 18.4Fuchsia · ΔE 20.8Magenta · ΔE 20.8Medium orchid · ΔE 29.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark violet (#9400D3)ΔE 12.62, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#56ED2A
Analogous#602AED, #ED2AB8
Triadic#EDC12A, #2AEDC1
Split complementary#B8ED2A, #2AED60
Tetradic#ED602A, #56ED2A, #2AB8ED

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F8E6FD
Lighter +30%#EAB7F9
Lighter +20%#DC88F5
Lighter +10%#CF59F1
Darker −10%#A712D2
Darker −20%#810EA3
Darker −30%#5C0A74
Darker −40%#370645
More saturated +25%#CB18FF
Less saturated −25%#B147D0

Channel breakdown

R193
G42
B237
Red193 (75.7%)
Green42 (16.5%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue286.46°
Saturation (HSL)84.42%
Lightness54.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C1 · G 2A · B ED

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