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Recognised as Colour

#C163EB

  • #C163EB
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#C163EB is a violet with RGB values 193, 99, 235 and HSL 281°, 77%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#C163EB#C163EB
HEX#C163EB
RGBrgb(193, 99, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.7569, 0.3882, 0.9216
RGB percentages75.7%, 38.8%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(281.5, 77.3%, 65.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(281.5, 57.9%, 92.2%)
CMYK17.9%, 57.9%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,674,027
CSS custom property--colour: #C163EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26259WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.25:1
Contrast with white3.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.25:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#818181
Inverted#3E9C14

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3A87EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#5F8FE8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.8 from the original
Tritanopia#BD7B9Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.36:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 7.7Dark orchid · ΔE 17.4Orchid · ΔE 20Violet · ΔE 20.4Medium slateblue · ΔE 22.4Medium purple · ΔE 22.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 7.66, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8DEB63
Analogous#7D63EB, #EB63D1
Triadic#EBC163, #63EBC1
Split complementary#D1EB63, #63EB7D
Tetradic#EB7D63, #8DEB63, #63D1EB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F7EBFC
Lighter +20%#E5BDF7
Lighter +10%#D390F1
Darker −10%#AF36E5
Darker −20%#961ACE
Darker −30%#7515A0
Darker −40%#540F73
More saturated +25%#C94FFF
Less saturated −25%#B979D5

Channel breakdown

R193
G99
B235
Red193 (75.7%)
Green99 (38.8%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue281.47°
Saturation (HSL)77.27%
Lightness65.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C1 · G 63 · B EB

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