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Recognised as Colour

#C165BD

  • #C165BD
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Orchid

#C165BD is a magenta with RGB values 193, 101, 189 and HSL 303°, 43%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orchid.

Colour values

#C165BD#C165BD
HEX#C165BD
RGBrgb(193, 101, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.7569, 0.3961, 0.7412
RGB percentages75.7%, 39.6%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(302.6, 42.6%, 57.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(302.6, 47.7%, 75.7%)
CMYK0%, 47.7%, 2.1%, 24.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,674,493
CSS custom property--colour: #C165BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24319WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness145.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.86:1
Contrast with white3.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.86:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7F7F7F
Inverted#3E9A42

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5F7FC0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#798CBAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.9 from the original
Tritanopia#C76E88no 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 text3.58:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orchid · ΔE 9.8Violet · ΔE 16.4Medium orchid · ΔE 19.9Medium purple · ΔE 23.2Plum · ΔE 25.2Hot pink · ΔE 26.5
Nearest named CSS colourOrchid (#DA70D6)ΔE 9.75, clearly different but related
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#65C169
Analogous#9765C1, #C1658F
Triadic#BDC165, #65BDC1
Split complementary#8FC165, #65C197
Tetradic#C19765, #65C169, #658FC1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FCF6FB
Lighter +30%#EDD2EC
Lighter +20%#DEAEDC
Lighter +10%#D089CD
Darker −10%#AD46A9
Darker −20%#893785
Darker −30%#652862
Darker −40%#401A3F
More saturated +25%#DC4AD6
Less saturated −25%#A680A4

Channel breakdown

R193
G101
B189
Red193 (75.7%)
Green101 (39.6%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue302.61°
Saturation (HSL)42.59%
Lightness57.65%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR C1 · G 65 · B BD

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