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Recognised as Colour

#C164BD

  • #C164BD
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Orchid

#C164BD is a magenta with RGB values 193, 100, 189 and HSL 303°, 43%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orchid.

Colour values

#C164BD#C164BD
HEX#C164BD
RGBrgb(193, 100, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.7569, 0.3922, 0.7412
RGB percentages75.7%, 39.2%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(302.6, 42.9%, 57.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(302.6, 48.2%, 75.7%)
CMYK0%, 48.2%, 2.1%, 24.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,674,237
CSS custom property--colour: #C164BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24126WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness145.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.83:1
Contrast with white3.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.83:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7E7E7E
Inverted#3E9B42

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5E7FC0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#798BBAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.8 from the original
Tritanopia#C76D88no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.61:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orchid · ΔE 9.4Violet · ΔE 16.3Medium orchid · ΔE 19.4Medium purple · ΔE 23.2Plum · ΔE 25.7Hot pink · ΔE 26.5
Nearest named CSS colourOrchid (#DA70D6)ΔE 9.45, clearly different but related
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#64C168
Analogous#9664C1, #C1648F
Triadic#BDC164, #64BDC1
Split complementary#8FC164, #64C196
Tetradic#C19664, #64C168, #648FC1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FBF6FB
Lighter +30%#EDD1EC
Lighter +20%#DEADDC
Lighter +10%#D088CD
Darker −10%#AD45A8
Darker −20%#883785
Darker −30%#642861
Darker −40%#40193E
More saturated +25%#DC49D6
Less saturated −25%#A67FA4

Channel breakdown

R193
G100
B189
Red193 (75.7%)
Green100 (39.2%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue302.58°
Saturation (HSL)42.86%
Lightness57.45%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR C1 · G 64 · B BD

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