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Recognised as Colour

#C136DD

  • #C136DD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#C136DD is a violet with RGB values 193, 54, 221 and HSL 290°, 71%, 54%. 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 orchid.

Colour values

#C136DD#C136DD
HEX#C136DD
RGBrgb(193, 54, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.7569, 0.2118, 0.8667
RGB percentages75.7%, 21.2%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(289.9, 71.1%, 53.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(289.9, 75.6%, 86.7%)
CMYK12.7%, 75.6%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,662,493
CSS custom property--colour: #C136DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19196WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness135.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.84:1
Contrast with white4.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.84:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#606060
Inverted#3EC922

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0070E2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 57.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#477ED9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 63.6 from the original
Tritanopia#C25988no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.34:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 12.3Dark violet · ΔE 17.3Medium orchid · ΔE 18.6Blue violet · ΔE 20Fuchsia · ΔE 25.7Magenta · ΔE 25.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 12.33, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#52DD36
Analogous#6E36DD, #DD36A5
Triadic#DDC136, #36DDC1
Split complementary#A6DD36, #36DD6E
Tetradic#DD6D36, #52DD36, #36A5DD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F7E4FB
Lighter +30%#E9B9F3
Lighter +20%#DC8DEC
Lighter +10%#CE62E4
Darker −10%#A520C0
Darker −20%#7F1994
Darker −30%#5A1268
Darker −40%#340A3D
More saturated +25%#D519FA
Less saturated −25%#AD53C0

Channel breakdown

R193
G54
B221
Red193 (75.7%)
Green54 (21.2%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue289.94°
Saturation (HSL)71.06%
Lightness53.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C1 · G 36 · B DD

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