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Recognised as Colour

#C157DF

  • #C157DF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#C157DF is a violet with RGB values 193, 87, 223 and HSL 287°, 68%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#C157DF#C157DF
HEX#C157DF
RGBrgb(193, 87, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.7569, 0.3412, 0.8745
RGB percentages75.7%, 34.1%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(286.8, 68%, 60.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(286.8, 61%, 87.5%)
CMYK13.5%, 61%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,670,943
CSS custom property--colour: #C157DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23482WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness145.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.7:1
Contrast with white3.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.7:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#777777
Inverted#3EA820

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#317EE3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#5D89DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.8 from the original
Tritanopia#C16E93no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.69:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 5.2Dark orchid · ΔE 15.4Orchid · ΔE 19.4Violet · ΔE 20.9Medium purple · ΔE 25.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 25.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 5.19, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#75DF57
Analogous#7D57DF, #DF57B9
Triadic#DFC157, #57DFC1
Split complementary#B9DF57, #57DF7D
Tetradic#DF7D57, #75DF57, #57B9DF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F0D8F7
Lighter +20%#E1ADEF
Lighter +10%#D182E7
Darker −10%#B12CD7
Darker −20%#9021AF
Darker −30%#6C1984
Darker −40%#491159
More saturated +25%#CF3EF8
Less saturated −25%#B370C6

Channel breakdown

R193
G87
B223
Red193 (75.7%)
Green87 (34.1%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue286.76°
Saturation (HSL)68%
Lightness60.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C1 · G 57 · B DF

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