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Recognised as Colour

#C176E3

  • #C176E3
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Orchid

#C176E3 is a violet with RGB values 193, 118, 227 and HSL 281°, 66%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orchid.

Colour values

#C176E3#C176E3
HEX#C176E3
RGBrgb(193, 118, 227)
RGB (0–1)0.7569, 0.4627, 0.8902
RGB percentages75.7%, 46.3%, 89%
HSLhsl(281.3, 66.1%, 67.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(281.3, 48%, 89%)
CMYK15%, 48%, 0%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,678,883
CSS custom property--colour: #C176E3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2984WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.97:1
Contrast with white3.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.97:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E
Inverted#3E891C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5F90E7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#7597E0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40 from the original
Tritanopia#BF86A2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.01:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orchid · ΔE 12.2Violet · ΔE 13.9Medium purple · ΔE 14.2Medium orchid · ΔE 14.2Slate blue · ΔE 24.3Medium slateblue · ΔE 24.4
Nearest named CSS colourOrchid (#DA70D6)ΔE 12.21, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#98E376
Analogous#8B76E3, #E376CF
Triadic#E3C176, #76E3C1
Split complementary#CFE376, #76E38A
Tetradic#E38A76, #98E376, #76CFE3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAF5FD
Lighter +20%#E7CBF4
Lighter +10%#D4A0EC
Darker −10%#AE4CDA
Darker −20%#9829CA
Darker −30%#78219F
Darker −40%#581875
More saturated +25%#C961F8
Less saturated −25%#B98BCE

Channel breakdown

R193
G118
B227
Red193 (75.7%)
Green118 (46.3%)
Blue227 (89%)
Hue281.28°
Saturation (HSL)66.06%
Lightness67.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C1 · G 76 · B E3

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