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Recognised as Colour

#C16AFF

  • #C16AFF
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium orchid

#C16AFF is a violet with RGB values 193, 106, 255 and HSL 275°, 100%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#C16AFF#C16AFF
HEX#C16AFF
RGBrgb(193, 106, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.7569, 0.4157, 1
RGB percentages75.7%, 41.6%, 100%
HSLhsl(275, 100%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(275, 58.4%, 100%)
CMYK24.3%, 58.4%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,675,839
CSS custom property--colour: #C16AFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28866WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.77:1
Contrast with white3.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.77:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#878787
Inverted#3E9500

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2F8FFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#5693FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.2 from the original
Tritanopia#B886ABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.1:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 15.1Dark orchid · ΔE 18.1Medium slateblue · ΔE 21.1Blue violet · ΔE 25.3Violet · ΔE 25.8Medium purple · ΔE 26
Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 15.12, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A8FF6A
Analogous#776AFF, #FF6AF2
Triadic#FFC16A, #6AFFC1
Split complementary#F3FF6A, #6AFF76
Tetradic#FF766A, #A8FF6A, #6AF2FF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EBD0FF
Lighter +10%#D69DFF
Darker −10%#AC37FF
Darker −20%#9704FF
Darker −30%#7900D0
Darker −40%#5C009D
More saturated +25%#C16AFF
Less saturated −25%#BE7DEC

Channel breakdown

R193
G106
B255
Red193 (75.7%)
Green106 (41.6%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue275.03°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C1 · G 6A · B FF

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